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Expand Up @@ -4542,24 +4542,6 @@ whether imported ``Categorical`` variables are ordered.
a ``Categorical`` with string categories for the values that are labeled and
numeric categories for values with no label.

.. _io.other:

Other file formats
------------------

pandas itself only supports IO with a limited set of file formats that map
cleanly to its tabular data model. For reading and writing other file formats
into and from pandas, we recommend these packages from the broader community.

netCDF
''''''

xray_ provides data structures inspired by the pandas DataFrame for working
with multi-dimensional datasets, with a focus on the netCDF file format and
easy conversion to and from pandas.

.. _xray: http://xray.readthedocs.org/

.. _io.sas:

.. _io.sas_reader:
Expand All @@ -4584,11 +4566,11 @@ objects (``XportReader`` or ``SAS7BDATReader``) for incrementally
reading the file. The reader objects also have attributes that
contain additional information about the file and its variables.

Read a SAS XPORT file:
Read a SAS7BDAT file:

.. code-block:: python

df = pd.read_sas('sas_xport.xpt')
df = pd.read_sas('sas_data.sas7bdat')

Obtain an iterator and read an XPORT file 100,000 lines at a time:

Expand All @@ -4605,6 +4587,24 @@ web site.

No official documentation is available for the SAS7BDAT format.

.. _io.other:

Other file formats
------------------

pandas itself only supports IO with a limited set of file formats that map
cleanly to its tabular data model. For reading and writing other file formats
into and from pandas, we recommend these packages from the broader community.

netCDF
''''''

xray_ provides data structures inspired by the pandas DataFrame for working
with multi-dimensional datasets, with a focus on the netCDF file format and
easy conversion to and from pandas.

.. _xray: http://xray.readthedocs.org/

.. _io.perf:

Performance Considerations
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