"""
Sile object for reading/writing a file with tabular data
"""
from __future__ import print_function
import numpy as np
# Import sile objects
from .sile import *
__all__ = ['TableSile']
[docs]class TableSile(Sile):
""" Table file object """
def _setup(self):
""" Setup the `TableSile` after initialization """
self._comment = ['#']
[docs] def write_data(self, data, header=None, footer=None, newline='\n', fmt='%.5e', comment=None, delimiter='\t'):
""" Write tabular data to the file with optional header. """
C = self._comment[0]
if comment is None:
comment = ''
elif isinstance(comment, (list, tuple)):
comment = newline.join(comment)
if comment is not None:
comment = comment + newline
if header is None:
header = ''
elif isinstance(header, (list, tuple)):
header = delimiter.join(header)
header = comment + header
if footer is None:
footer = ''
elif isinstance(footer, (list, tuple)):
footer = newline.join(footer)
# Use numpy to store the txt data
np.savetxt(self.file, data.T, header=header, footer=footer,
fmt=fmt, delimiter=delimiter)
# Specify the default write function
_write_default = write_data
add_sile('table', TableSile, case=False, gzip=True)