get_reader#
- astropy.io.ascii.get_reader(reader_cls=None, inputter_cls=None, outputter_cls=None, **kwargs)[source]#
Initialize a table reader allowing for common customizations.
Most of the default behavior for various parameters is determined by the Reader class specified by
reader_cls.- Parameters:
- reader_cls
BaseReader Reader class. Default is
Basic.- inputter_cls
BaseInputter Inputter class
- outputter_cls
BaseOutputter Outputter class
- delimiter
python:str Column delimiter string
- comment
python:str Regular expression defining a comment line in table
- quotechar
python:str One-character string to quote fields containing special characters
- header_start
python:int Line index for the header line not counting comment or blank lines. A line with only whitespace is considered blank.
- data_start
python:int Line index for the start of data not counting comment or blank lines. A line with only whitespace is considered blank.
- data_end
python:int Line index for the end of data not counting comment or blank lines. This value can be negative to count from the end.
- converters
python:dict Dict of converters.
- data_splitter_cls
BaseSplitter Splitter class to split data columns.
- header_splitter_cls
BaseSplitter Splitter class to split header columns.
- names
python:list List of names corresponding to each data column.
- include_names
python:list, optional List of names to include in output.
- exclude_names
python:list List of names to exclude from output (applied after
include_names).- fill_values
python:tuple,python:listofpython:tuple Specification of fill values for bad or missing table values.
- fill_include_names
python:list List of names to include in fill_values.
- fill_exclude_names
python:list List of names to exclude from fill_values (applied after
fill_include_names).
- reader_cls
- Returns:
- reader
BaseReadersubclass ASCII format reader instance
- reader