Pandas: transform a dbf Table into a dataframe

Question

I want to read a dbf file of an ArcGIS shapefile and dump it into a pandas dataframe. I am currently using the dbf package.

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Answer 1

How about using dbfpy? Here's an example that shows how to load a dbf with 3 columns into a dataframe:

from dbfpy import dbf
import pandas as pd

df = pd.DataFrame(columns=('tileno', 'grid_code', 'area'))
db = dbf.Dbf('test.dbf')
for rec in db:
    data = []
    for i in range(len(rec.fieldData)):
        data.append(rec[i])
    df.loc[len(df.index)] = data
db.close()

If necessary, you could find out the column names from db.fieldNames.