get_writer¶
- astropy.io.ascii.get_writer(Writer=None, fast_writer=True, **kwargs)[source]¶
Initialize a table writer allowing for common customizations. Most of the default behavior for various parameters is determined by the Writer class.
- Parameters:
- Writer
Writer Writer class (DEPRECATED). Defaults to
Basic.- delimiter
python:str Column delimiter string
- comment
python:str String defining a comment line in table
- quotechar
python:str One-character string to quote fields containing special characters
- formats
python:dict Dictionary of format specifiers or formatting functions
- strip_whitespacebool
Strip surrounding whitespace from column values.
- names
python:list List of names corresponding to each data column
- include_names
python:list List of names to include in output.
- exclude_names
python:list List of names to exclude from output (applied after
include_names)- fast_writerbool
Whether to use the fast Cython writer.
- Writer
- Returns:
- writer
BaseReadersubclass ASCII format writer instance
- writer