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viewcode-link"> [edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/io/ascii/core.html#BaseHeader"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Bases: <tt class="xref py py-class docutils literal"><span class="pre">object</span></tt></p> <p>Base table header reader</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first last simple"> <li><strong>auto_format</strong> – format string for auto-generating column names</li> <li><strong>start_line</strong> – None, int, or a function of <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lines</span></tt> that returns None or int</li> <li><strong>comment</strong> – regular expression for comment lines</li> <li><strong>splitter_class</strong> – Splitter class for splitting data lines into columns</li> <li><strong>names</strong> – list of names corresponding to each data column</li> <li><strong>include_names</strong> – list of names to include in output (default=None selects all names)</li> <li><strong>exclude_names</strong> – list of names to exlude from output (applied after <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">include_names</span></tt>)</li> </ul> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="rubric">Attributes Summary</p> <table border="1" class="longtable docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="10%" /> <col width="90%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.auto_format" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.auto_format"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">auto_format</span></tt></a></td> <td>str(object=’‘) -> string</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.colnames" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.colnames"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">colnames</span></tt></a></td> <td>Return the column names of the table</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.comment" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.comment"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">comment</span></tt></a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.exclude_names" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.exclude_names"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">exclude_names</span></tt></a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.include_names" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.include_names"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">include_names</span></tt></a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.n_data_cols" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.n_data_cols"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">n_data_cols</span></tt></a></td> <td>Return the number of expected data columns from data splitting.</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.names" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.names"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">names</span></tt></a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.start_line" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.start_line"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">start_line</span></tt></a></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.write_spacer_lines" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.write_spacer_lines"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">write_spacer_lines</span></tt></a></td> <td>list() -> new empty list</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="rubric">Methods Summary</p> <table border="1" class="longtable docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="10%" /> <col width="90%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_col_type" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_col_type"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_col_type</span></tt></a>(col)</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_cols" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_cols"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_cols</span></tt></a>(lines)</td> <td>Initialize the header Column objects from the table <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lines</span></tt>.</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_type_map_key" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_type_map_key"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">get_type_map_key</span></tt></a>(col)</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.process_lines" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.process_lines"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">process_lines</span></tt></a>(lines)</td> <td>Generator to yield non-comment lines</td> </tr> <tr class="row-odd"><td><a class="reference internal" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.write" title="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.write"><tt class="xref py py-obj docutils literal"><span class="pre">write</span></tt></a>(lines)</td> <td></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="rubric">Attributes Documentation</p> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.auto_format"> <tt class="descname">auto_format</tt><em class="property"> = 'col%d'</em><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.auto_format" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.colnames"> <tt class="descname">colnames</tt><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/io/ascii/core.html#BaseHeader.colnames"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.colnames" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return the column names of the table</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.comment"> <tt class="descname">comment</tt><em class="property"> = None</em><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.comment" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.exclude_names"> <tt class="descname">exclude_names</tt><em class="property"> = None</em><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.exclude_names" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.include_names"> <tt class="descname">include_names</tt><em class="property"> = None</em><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.include_names" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.n_data_cols"> <tt class="descname">n_data_cols</tt><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.n_data_cols" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Return the number of expected data columns from data splitting. This is either explicitly set (typically for fixedwidth splitters) or set to self.names otherwise.</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.names"> <tt class="descname">names</tt><em class="property"> = None</em><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.names" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.start_line"> <tt class="descname">start_line</tt><em class="property"> = None</em><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.start_line" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="attribute"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.write_spacer_lines"> <tt class="descname">write_spacer_lines</tt><em class="property"> = ['ASCII_TABLE_WRITE_SPACER_LINE']</em><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.write_spacer_lines" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <p class="rubric">Methods Documentation</p> <dl class="method"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_col_type"> <tt class="descname">get_col_type</tt><big>(</big><em>col</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/io/ascii/core.py#L456" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link"> [edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/io/ascii/core.html#BaseHeader.get_col_type"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_col_type" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_cols"> <tt class="descname">get_cols</tt><big>(</big><em>lines</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/io/ascii/core.py#L379" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link"> [edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/io/ascii/core.html#BaseHeader.get_cols"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_cols" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Initialize the header Column objects from the table <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lines</span></tt>.</p> <p>Based on the previously set Header attributes find or create the column names. Sets <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self.cols</span></tt> with the list of Columns. This list only includes the actual requested columns after filtering by the include_names and exclude_names attributes. See <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">self.names</span></tt> for the full list.</p> <table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="field-name" /> <col class="field-body" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><strong>lines</strong> – list of table lines</td> </tr> <tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body">None</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_type_map_key"> <tt class="descname">get_type_map_key</tt><big>(</big><em>col</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/io/ascii/core.py#L453" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link"> [edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/io/ascii/core.html#BaseHeader.get_type_map_key"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.get_type_map_key" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.process_lines"> <tt class="descname">process_lines</tt><big>(</big><em>lines</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/io/ascii/core.py#L416" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link"> [edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/io/ascii/core.html#BaseHeader.process_lines"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.process_lines" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd><p>Generator to yield non-comment lines</p> </dd></dl> <dl class="method"> <dt id="astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.write"> <tt class="descname">write</tt><big>(</big><em>lines</em><big>)</big><a class="reference external" href="http://github.com/astropy/astropy/tree/v0.2.4/astropy/io/ascii/core.py#L425" title="Push the Edit button on the next page"><span class="edit-on-github viewcode-link"> [edit on github]</span></a><a class="reference internal" href="../_modules/astropy/io/ascii/core.html#BaseHeader.write"><span class="viewcode-link">[source]</span></a><a class="headerlink" href="#astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.write" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt> <dd></dd></dl> </dd></dl> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="sphinxsidebar"> <div class="sphinxsidebarwrapper"><h3>Page Contents</h3> <ul> <li><a class="reference internal" href="#">BaseHeader</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="clearer"></div> </div> <footer class="footer"> <p class="pull-right"> <a href="../_sources/_generated/astropy.io.ascii.core.BaseHeader.txt" rel="nofollow">Page Source</a> <a href="#">Back to Top</a></p> <p> © Copyright 2011-2013, The Astropy Developers.<br/> Created using <a href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a> 1.1.3. 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