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Expand Python Get()

The current documentation of Python Get() states that : 

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It would be helpful to add the ability to also retrieve dictionaries from Python. Dictionaries are commonly used in Python and will easily translate into Associative Arrays in JMP. 

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Jeff_Perkinson
Community Manager

The Python Get() function will return a dictionary. We'll work on updating the documentation. Here's an example.

 

//
// JSL / Python
// Script to take a Pandas Data frame and bring back as a
// JMP Associative Array, this does not use an intermediate csv file
// to transfer from Python to JMP
//
// Date: 20 Jun 2018
// Author: Paul Nelson
//

Python Init();
Python Submit("\[
import pandas as pd
import numpy as np

print('Pandas Version: ' + pd.__version__)

data =
{'state':['Ohio','Ohio','Ohio','Nevada','Nevada','Nevada'],'year':[2000,2001,200
2,2001,2002,2003], 'pop':[1.5,1.7,3.6,2.4,2.9,3.2]
}
df = pd.DataFrame(data)
print(df)

v = df.values
print(v)

cols = df.columns
types = [(cols[i], df[k].dtype.type) for (i, k) in enumerate(cols)]
dtype = np.dtype(types)
array = np.zeros(v.shape[0], dtype)
for (i, k) in enumerate(array.dtype.names):
    array[k] = v[:, i]

print(array.dtype.names);
print(array)
d={}
l=[]
for (i, k) in enumerate(array.dtype.names):
    d[k] = v[:,i].tolist()


print(d)
print('leaving python')

]\");
Print("inJSL");
pyData = Python Get(d);
Print(pyData);
Python Term();
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