pandas.io.stata.StataReader.variable_labels#

StataReader.variable_labels()[source] #

Return a dict associating each variable name with corresponding label.

Returns:

dict

Examples

>>> df = pd.DataFrame([[1, 2], [3, 4]], columns=["col_1", "col_2"])
>>> time_stamp = pd.Timestamp(2000, 2, 29, 14, 21)
>>> path = "/My_path/filename.dta"
>>> variable_labels = {"col_1": "This is an example"}
>>> df.to_stata(path, time_stamp=time_stamp, 
...  variable_labels=variable_labels, version=None) 
>>> with pd.io.stata.StataReader(path) as reader: 
...  print(reader.variable_labels()) 
{'index': '', 'col_1': 'This is an example', 'col_2': ''}
>>> pd.read_stata(path) 
 index col_1 col_2
0 0 1 2
1 1 3 4