liwca.read_dicx

liwca.read_dicx(fp, **kwargs)

Read a binary .dicx file.

Cells must be either X (case-insensitive) or empty. Any other content – including stray numerics like 0.5 or typos like Y – raises a ValueError with a hint pointing at read_dicx_weighted.

Parameters:

• fp (str or Path) – Path to a binary .dicx file.

• **kwargs (Any) – Forwarded to pandas.read_csv.

Returns:

Validated binary dictionary DataFrame (int8 cells, 0/1).

Return type:

pandas.DataFrame