SDIO Output

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Overview

To make REPTILE more convenient to use with certain software packages, the output can be converted from CSV to SDIO format. This can be done manually by using REPTILE's --csv2sdio mode, or automatically by using the "-SDIO" command line option with one of REPTILE's other modes.

REPTILE uses the CSV column headers to name the SDIO variables.

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Manually Convert from CSV to SDIO

In order to manually convert one of REPTILE's output CSV files (or really any properly formatted CSV file) to SDIO format, you must supply the CSV filename and the SDIO output file name as follows:​

reptile --csv2sdio -i file.csv -o file.dta

Sometimes it is handy to add a suffix to the SDIO variable name. This can be done with the "-SUFFIX" option:

reptile --csv2sdio -SUFFIX sub -i file.csv -o file.dta

which would take a variable in the CSV file named "PX" and rename it "PXsub".

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Automatically Generate SDIO Output

To generate SDIO output from another REPTILE mode, simply add the "-SDIO" command line option (and "-SUFFIX" if desired). For example:

reptile --node_forces -SDIO -SUFFIX sub -i file.def -o file.csv file1.xdb