turicas/rows

Support fixed-width text files

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#259 opened on Oct 16, 2017

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Description

Some institutions release data in fixed-width text files (a lot of them uses R to parse it), like these IBGE files. It would be awesome to import these files so we can convert them to proper CSVs so more people (read as "non-R people") will be able to read them easily.

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Implement a parser for fixed width text files by reading the file line by line, splitting each line into fields based on a column specification (widths). Convert the data into a rows.Table and then export to CSV. Look at existing plugins in the rows repository for reference.
Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
PythonCSVregular expressions
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60