@@ -2737,6 +2737,30 @@ def _encode_strings(self) -> None:
27372737 def write_file (self ) -> None :
27382738 """
27392739 Export DataFrame object to Stata dta format.
2740+
2741+ Examples
2742+ --------
2743+ >>> df = pd.DataFrame({"fully_labelled": [1, 2, 3, 3, 1],
2744+ ... "partially_labelled": [1.0, 2.0, np.nan, 9.0, np.nan],
2745+ ... "Y": [7, 7, 9, 8, 10],
2746+ ... "Z": pd.Categorical(["j", "k", "l", "k", "j"]),
2747+ ... })
2748+ >>> path = "/My_path/filename.dta"
2749+ >>> labels = {"fully_labelled": {1: "one", 2: "two", 3: "three"},
2750+ ... "partially_labelled": {1.0: "one", 2.0: "two"},
2751+ ... }
2752+ >>> writer = pd.io.stata.StataWriter(path,
2753+ ... df,
2754+ ... value_labels=labels) # doctest: +SKIP
2755+ >>> writer.write_file() # doctest: +SKIP
2756+ >>> df = pd.read_stata(path) # doctest: +SKIP
2757+ >>> df # doctest: +SKIP
2758+ index fully_labelled partially_labeled Y Z
2759+ 0 0 one one 7 j
2760+ 1 1 two two 7 k
2761+ 2 2 three NaN 9 l
2762+ 3 3 three 9.0 8 k
2763+ 4 4 one NaN 10 j
27402764 """
27412765 with get_handle (
27422766 self ._fname ,
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