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Reading and Writing Text Files

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GIS data often comes in formats that can’t be imported into ArcGIS or read with arcpy cursors without modification. Automating these modifications can be a significant time saver if you have numerous files that require the same changes. The arcpy cursors discussed in Chapter 17 are specialized for reading and writing attribute tables that conform to a prescribed format, such as dBASE files, shapefiles, and GRID rasters. This chapter discusses Python file handling functions that can read and write text files, regardless of format. The chapter begins with Python file handling syntax and then uses GIS examples to demonstrate common tabular text file modifications.

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Tateosian, L. (2015). Reading and Writing Text Files. In: Python For ArcGIS. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18398-5_19

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