--- Reading and querying simple tabular data.
--
-- data.read 'test.txt'
-- ==> {{10,20},{2,5},{40,50},fieldnames={'x','y'},delim=','}
--
-- Provides a way of creating basic SQL-like queries.
--
-- require 'pl'
-- local d = data.read('xyz.txt')
-- local q = d:select('x,y,z where x > 3 and z < 2 sort by y')
-- for x,y,z in q do
-- print(x,y,z)
-- end
--
-- See @{06-data.md.Reading_Columnar_Data|the Guide}
--
-- Dependencies: `pl.utils`, `pl.array2d` (fallback methods)
-- @module pl.data
local utils = require 'pl.utils'
local _DEBUG = rawget(_G,'_DEBUG')
local patterns,function_arg,usplit,array_tostring = utils.patterns,utils.function_arg,utils.split,utils.array_tostring
local append,concat = table.insert,table.concat
local gsub = string.gsub
local io = io
local _G,print,type,tonumber,ipairs,setmetatable = _G,print,type,tonumber,ipairs,setmetatable
local data = {}
local parse_select
local function rstrip(s)
return (s:gsub('%s+$',''))
end
local function strip (s)
return (rstrip(s):gsub('^%s*',''))
end
-- This gives `l` the standard List metatable,
-- pulling in the List module.
local function makelist(l)
return setmetatable(l, require('pl.List'))
end
local function map(fun,t)
local res = {}
for i = 1,#t do
res[i] = fun(t[i])
end
return res
end
local function split(line,delim,csv,n)
local massage
-- CSV fields may be double-quoted and may contain commas!
if csv and line:match '"' then
line = line:gsub('"([^"]+)"',function(str)
local s,cnt = str:gsub(',','\001')
if cnt > 0 then massage = true end
return s
end)
if massage then
massage = function(s) return (s:gsub('\001',',')) end
end
end
local res = (usplit(line,delim,false,n))
if csv then
-- restore CSV commas-in-fields
if massage then res = map(massage,res) end
-- in CSV mode trailiing commas are significant!
if line:match ',$' then append(res,'') end
end
return makelist(res)
end
local function find(t,v)
for i = 1,#t do
if v == t[i] then return i end
end
end
local DataMT = {
column_by_name = function(self,name)
if type(name) == 'number' then
name = '$'..name
end
local arr = {}
for res in data.query(self,name) do
append(arr,res)
end
return makelist(arr)
end,
copy_select = function(self,condn)
condn = parse_select(condn,self)
local iter = data.query(self,condn)
local res = {}
local row = makelist{iter()}
while #row > 0 do
append(res,row)
row = makelist{iter()}
end
res.delim = self.delim
return data.new(res,split(condn.fields,','))
end,
column_names = function(self)
return self.fieldnames
end,
}
local array2d
DataMT.__index = function(self,name)
local f = DataMT[name]
if f then return f end
if not array2d then
array2d = require 'pl.array2d'
end
return array2d[name]
end
--- return a particular column as a list of values (method).
-- @param name either name of column, or numerical index.
-- @function Data.column_by_name
--- return a query iterator on this data (method).
-- @string condn the query expression
-- @function Data.select
-- @see data.query
--- return a row iterator on this data (method).
-- @string condn the query expression
-- @function Data.select_row
--- return a new data object based on this query (method).
-- @string condn the query expression
-- @function Data.copy_select
--- return the field names of this data object (method).
-- @function Data.column_names
--- write out a row (method).
-- @param f file-like object
-- @function Data.write_row
--- write data out to file (method).
-- @param f file-like object
-- @function Data.write
-- [guessing delimiter] We check for comma, tab and spaces in that order.
-- [issue] any other delimiters to be checked?
local delims = {',', '\t', ' ', ';'}
local function guess_delim (line)
if line=='' then return ' ' end
for _,delim in ipairs(delims) do
if line:find(delim) then
return delim == ' ' and '%s+' or delim
end
end
return ' '
end
-- [file parameter] If it's a string, we try open as a filename. If nil, then
-- either stdin or stdout depending on the mode. Otherwise, check if this is
-- a file-like object (implements read or write depending)
local function open_file (f,mode)
local opened, err
local reading = mode == 'r'
if type(f) == 'string' then
if f == 'stdin' then
f = io.stdin
elseif f == 'stdout' then
f = io.stdout
else
f,err = io.open(f,mode)
if not f then return nil,err end
opened = true
end
end
if f and ((reading and not f.read) or (not reading and not f.write)) then
return nil, "not a file-like object"
end
return f,nil,opened
end
--- read a delimited file in a Lua table.
-- By default, attempts to treat first line as separated list of fieldnames.
-- @param file a filename or a file-like object
-- @tab cnfg parsing options
-- @string cnfg.delim a string pattern to split fields
-- @array cnfg.fieldnames (i.e. don't read from first line)
-- @bool cnfg.no_convert (default is to try conversion on first data line)
-- @tab cnfg.convert table of custom conversion functions with column keys
-- @int cnfg.numfields indices of columns known to be numbers
-- @bool cnfg.last_field_collect only split as many fields as fieldnames.
-- @int cnfg.thousands_dot thousands separator in Excel CSV is '.'
-- @bool cnfg.csv fields may be double-quoted and contain commas;
-- Also, empty fields are considered to be equivalent to zero.
-- @return `data` object, or `nil`
-- @return error message. May be a file error, 'not a file-like object'
-- or a conversion error
function data.read(file,cnfg)
local count,line
local D = {}
if not cnfg then cnfg = {} end
local f,err,opened = open_file(file,'r')
if not f then return nil, err end
local thousands_dot = cnfg.thousands_dot
local csv = cnfg.csv
if csv then cnfg.delim = ',' end
-- note that using dot as the thousands separator (@thousands_dot)
-- requires a special conversion function! For CSV, _empty fields_ are
-- considered to default to numerial zeroes.
local tonumber = tonumber
local function try_number(x)
if thousands_dot then x = x:gsub('%.(...)','%1') end
if csv and x == '' then x = '0' end
local v = tonumber(x)
if v == nil then return nil,"not a number" end
return v
end
count = 1
line = f:read()
if not line then return nil, "empty file" end
-- first question: what is the delimiter?
D.delim = cnfg.delim and cnfg.delim or guess_delim(line)
local delim = D.delim
local conversion
local numfields = {}
local function append_conversion (idx,conv)
conversion = conversion or {}
append(numfields,idx)
append(conversion,conv)
end
if cnfg.numfields then
for _,n in ipairs(cnfg.numfields) do append_conversion(n,try_number) end
end
-- some space-delimited data starts with a space. This should not be a column,
-- although it certainly would be for comma-separated, etc.
local stripper
if delim == '%s+' and line:find(delim) == 1 then
stripper = function(s) return s:gsub('^%s+','') end
line = stripper(line)
end
-- first line will usually be field names. Unless fieldnames are specified,
-- we check if it contains purely numerical values for the case of reading
-- plain data files.
if not cnfg.fieldnames then
local fields,nums
fields = split(line,delim,csv)
if not cnfg.convert then
nums = map(tonumber,fields)
if #nums == #fields then -- they're ALL numbers!
append(D,nums) -- add the first converted row
-- and specify conversions for subsequent rows
for i = 1,#nums do append_conversion(i,try_number) end
else -- we'll try to check numbers just now..
nums = nil
end
else -- [explicit column conversions] (any deduced number conversions will be added)
for idx,conv in pairs(cnfg.convert) do append_conversion(idx,conv) end
end
if nums == nil then
cnfg.fieldnames = fields
end
line = f:read()
count = count + 1
if stripper then line = stripper(line) end
elseif type(cnfg.fieldnames) == 'string' then
cnfg.fieldnames = split(cnfg.fieldnames,delim,csv)
end
local nfields
-- at this point, the column headers have been read in. If the first
-- row consisted of numbers, it has already been added to the dataset.
if cnfg.fieldnames then
D.fieldnames = cnfg.fieldnames
-- [collecting end field] If @last_field_collect then we'll
-- only split as many fields as there are fieldnames
if cnfg.last_field_collect then
nfields = #D.fieldnames
end
-- [implicit column conversion] unless @no_convert, we need the numerical field indices
-- of the first data row. These can also be specified explicitly by @numfields.
if not cnfg.no_convert then
local fields = split(line,D.delim,csv,nfields)
for i = 1,#fields do
if not find(numfields,i) and try_number(fields[i]) then
append_conversion(i,try_number)
end
end
end
end
-- keep going until finished
while line do
if not line:find ('^%s*$') then -- [blank lines] ignore them!
if stripper then line = stripper(line) end
local fields = split(line,delim,csv,nfields)
if conversion then -- there were field conversions...
for k = 1,#numfields do
local i,conv = numfields[k],conversion[k]
local val,err = conv(fields[i])
if val == nil then
return nil, err..": "..fields[i].." at line "..count
else
fields[i] = val
end
end
end
append(D,fields)
end
line = f:read()
count = count + 1
end
if opened then f:close() end
if delim == '%s+' then D.delim = ' ' end
if not D.fieldnames then D.fieldnames = {} end
return data.new(D)
end
local function write_row (data,f,row,delim)
data.temp = array_tostring(row,data.temp)
f:write(concat(data.temp,delim),'\n')
end
function DataMT:write_row(f,row)
write_row(self,f,row,self.delim)
end
--- write 2D data to a file.
-- Does not assume that the data has actually been
-- generated with `new` or `read`.
-- @param data 2D array
-- @param file filename or file-like object
-- @tparam[opt] {string} fieldnames list of fields (optional)
-- @string[opt='\t'] delim delimiter (default tab)
-- @return true or nil, error
function data.write (data,file,fieldnames,delim)
local f,err,opened = open_file(file,'w')
if not f then return nil, err end
if not fieldnames then
fieldnames = data.fieldnames
end
delim = delim or '\t'
if fieldnames and #fieldnames > 0 then
f:write(concat(fieldnames,delim),'\n')
end
for i = 1,#data do
write_row(data,f,data[i],delim)
end
if opened then f:close() end
return true
end
function DataMT:write(file)
data.write(self,file,self.fieldnames,self.delim)
end
local function massage_fieldnames (fields,copy)
-- fieldnames must be valid Lua identifiers; ignore any surrounding padding
-- but keep the original fieldnames...
for i = 1,#fields do
local f = strip(fields[i])
copy[i] = f
fields[i] = f:gsub('%W','_')
end
end
--- create a new dataset from a table of rows.
-- Can specify the fieldnames, else the table must have a field called
-- 'fieldnames', which is either a string of delimiter-separated names,
-- or a table of names.
-- If the table does not have a field called 'delim', then an attempt will be
-- made to guess it from the fieldnames string, defaults otherwise to tab.
-- @param d the table.
-- @tparam[opt] {string} fieldnames optional fieldnames
-- @return the table.
function data.new (d,fieldnames)
d.fieldnames = d.fieldnames or fieldnames or ''
if not d.delim and type(d.fieldnames) == 'string' then
d.delim = guess_delim(d.fieldnames)
d.fieldnames = split(d.fieldnames,d.delim)
end
d.fieldnames = makelist(d.fieldnames)
d.original_fieldnames = {}
massage_fieldnames(d.fieldnames,d.original_fieldnames)
setmetatable(d,DataMT)
-- a query with just the fieldname will return a sequence
-- of values, which seq.copy turns into a table.
return d
end
local sorted_query = [[
return function (t)
local i = 0
local v
local ls = {}
for i,v in ipairs(t) do
if CONDITION then
ls[#ls+1] = v
end
end
table.sort(ls,function(v1,v2)
return SORT_EXPR
end)
local n = #ls
return function()
i = i + 1
v = ls[i]
if i > n then return end
return FIELDLIST
end
end
]]
-- question: is this optimized case actually worth the extra code?
local simple_query = [[
return function (t)
local n = #t
local i = 0
local v
return function()
repeat
i = i + 1
v = t[i]
until i > n or CONDITION
if i > n then return end
return FIELDLIST
end
end
]]
local function is_string (s)
return type(s) == 'string'
end
local field_error
local function fieldnames_as_string (data)
return concat(data.fieldnames,',')
end
local function massage_fields(data,f)
local idx
if f:find '^%d+$' then
idx = tonumber(f)
else
idx = find(data.fieldnames,f)
end
if idx then
return 'v['..idx..']'
else
field_error = f..' not found in '..fieldnames_as_string(data)
return f
end
end
local function process_select (data,parms)
--- preparing fields ----
field_error = nil
local fields = parms.fields
local numfields = fields:find '%$' or #data.fieldnames == 0
if fields:find '^%s*%*%s*' then
if not numfields then
fields = fieldnames_as_string(data)
else
local ncol = #data[1]
fields = {}
for i = 1,ncol do append(fields,'$'..i) end
fields = concat(fields,',')
end
end
local idpat = patterns.IDEN
if numfields then
idpat = '%$(%d+)'
else
-- massage field names to replace non-identifier chars
fields = rstrip(fields):gsub('[^,%w]','_')
end
local massage_fields = utils.bind1(massage_fields,data)
local ret = gsub(fields,idpat,massage_fields)
if field_error then return nil,field_error end
parms.fields = fields
parms.proc_fields = ret
parms.where = parms.where or 'true'
if is_string(parms.where) then
parms.where = gsub(parms.where,idpat,massage_fields)
field_error = nil
end
return true
end
parse_select = function(s,data)
local endp
local parms = {}
local w1,w2 = s:find('where ')
local s1,s2 = s:find('sort by ')
if w1 then -- where clause!
endp = (s1 or 0)-1
parms.where = s:sub(w2+1,endp)
end
if s1 then -- sort by clause (must be last!)
parms.sort_by = s:sub(s2+1)
end
endp = (w1 or s1 or 0)-1
parms.fields = s:sub(1,endp)
local status,err = process_select(data,parms)
if not status then return nil,err
else return parms end
end
--- create a query iterator from a select string.
-- Select string has this format:
-- FIELDLIST [ where LUA-CONDN [ sort by FIELD] ]
-- FIELDLIST is a comma-separated list of valid fields, or '*'.
-- The condition can also be a table, with fields 'fields' (comma-sep string or
-- table), 'sort_by' (string) and 'where' (Lua expression string or function)
-- @param data table produced by read
-- @param condn select string or table
-- @param context a list of tables to be searched when resolving functions
-- @param return_row if true, wrap the results in a row table
-- @return an iterator over the specified fields, or nil
-- @return an error message
function data.query(data,condn,context,return_row)
local err
if is_string(condn) then
condn,err = parse_select(condn,data)
if not condn then return nil,err end
elseif type(condn) == 'table' then
if type(condn.fields) == 'table' then
condn.fields = concat(condn.fields,',')
end
if not condn.proc_fields then
local status,err = process_select(data,condn)
if not status then return nil,err end
end
else
return nil, "condition must be a string or a table"
end
local query
if condn.sort_by then -- use sorted_query
query = sorted_query
else
query = simple_query
end
local fields = condn.proc_fields or condn.fields
if return_row then
fields = '{'..fields..'}'
end
query = query:gsub('FIELDLIST',fields)
if is_string(condn.where) then
query = query:gsub('CONDITION',condn.where)
condn.where = nil
else
query = query:gsub('CONDITION','_condn(v)')
condn.where = function_arg(0,condn.where,'condition.where must be callable')
end
if condn.sort_by then
local expr,sort_var,sort_dir
local sort_by = condn.sort_by
local i1,i2 = sort_by:find('%s+')
if i1 then
sort_var,sort_dir = sort_by:sub(1,i1-1),sort_by:sub(i2+1)
else
sort_var = sort_by
sort_dir = 'asc'
end
if sort_var:match '^%$' then sort_var = sort_var:sub(2) end
sort_var = massage_fields(data,sort_var)
if field_error then return nil,field_error end
if sort_dir == 'asc' then
sort_dir = '<'
else
sort_dir = '>'
end
expr = ('%s %s %s'):format(sort_var:gsub('v','v1'),sort_dir,sort_var:gsub('v','v2'))
query = query:gsub('SORT_EXPR',expr)
end
if condn.where then
query = 'return function(_condn) '..query..' end'
end
if _DEBUG then print(query) end
local fn,err = utils.load(query,'tmp')
if not fn then return nil,err end
fn = fn() -- get the function
if condn.where then
fn = fn(condn.where)
end
local qfun = fn(data)
if context then
-- [specifying context for condition] @context is a list of tables which are
-- 'injected'into the condition's custom context
append(context,_G)
local lookup = {}
utils.setfenv(qfun,lookup)
setmetatable(lookup,{
__index = function(tbl,key)
-- _G.print(tbl,key)
for k,t in ipairs(context) do
if t[key] then return t[key] end
end
end
})
end
return qfun
end
DataMT.select = data.query
DataMT.select_row = function(d,condn,context)
return data.query(d,condn,context,true)
end
--- Filter input using a query.
-- @string Q a query string
-- @param infile filename or file-like object
-- @param outfile filename or file-like object
-- @bool dont_fail true if you want to return an error, not just fail
function data.filter (Q,infile,outfile,dont_fail)
local d = data.read(infile or 'stdin')
local out = open_file(outfile or 'stdout')
local iter,err = d:select(Q)
local delim = d.delim
if not iter then
err = 'error: '..err
if dont_fail then
return nil,err
else
utils.quit(1,err)
end
end
while true do
local res = {iter()}
if #res == 0 then break end
out:write(concat(res,delim),'\n')
end
end
return data