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authorKenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com>2011-02-13 21:11:02 -0500
committerKenneth Reitz <me@kennethreitz.com>2011-02-13 21:11:02 -0500
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@@ -22,20 +22,13 @@ Output formats supported:
- TSV (Sets)
- CSV (Sets)
-Import formats supported:
-
-- JSON (Sets + Books)
-- YAML (Sets + Books)
-- TSV (Sets)
-- CSV (Sets)
-
-Note that tablib *purposefully* excludes XML support. It always will.
+Note that tablib *purposefully* excludes XML support. It always will. (Note: This is a joke. Pull requests are welcome.)
Overview
--------
`tablib.Dataset()`
- A Dataset is a table of tabular data. It may or may not have a header row. They can be build and maniuplated as raw Python datatypes (Lists of tuples|dictonaries). Datasets can be imported from JSON, YAML, and CSV; they can be exported to Excel (XLS), JSON, YAML, and CSV.
+ A Dataset is a table of tabular data. It may or may not have a header row. They can be build and manipulated as raw Python datatypes (Lists of tuples|dictionaries). Datasets can be imported from JSON, YAML, and CSV; they can be exported to Excel (XLS), JSON, YAML, and CSV.
`tablib.Databook()`
A Databook is a set of Datasets. The most common form of a Databook is an Excel file with multiple spreadsheets. Databooks can be imported from JSON and YAML; they can be exported to Excel (XLS), JSON, and YAML.
@@ -128,39 +121,6 @@ EXCEL!
It's that easy.
-Imports!
---------
-
-JSON
-++++
-
-::
-
- >>> data.json = '[{"last_name": "Adams","age": 90,"first_name": "John"}]'
- >>> print data[0]
- ('John', 'Adams', 90)
-
-
-YAML
-++++
-::
-
- >>> data.yaml = '- {age: 90, first_name: John, last_name: Adams}'
- >>> print data[0]
- ('John', 'Adams', 90)
-
-CSV
-+++
-::
-
- >>> data.csv = 'age, first_name, last_name\n90, John, Adams'
- >>> print data[0]
- ('John', 'Adams', 90)
-
- >>> print data.yaml
- - {age: 90, first_name: John, last_name: Adams}
-
-
Installation
------------