get_reader¶

astropy.io.ascii.get_reader(Reader=None, Inputter=None, Outputter=None, **kwargs)[source] [edit on github]¶

Initialize a table reader allowing for common customizations. Most of the default behavior for various parameters is determined by the Reader class.

Parameters:

Reader : BaseReader: Reader class (DEPRECATED). Default is Basic.
Inputter : BaseInputter: Inputter class
Outputter : BaseOutputter: Outputter class
delimiter : str: Column delimiter string
comment : str: Regular expression defining a comment line in table
quotechar : str: One-character string to quote fields containing special characters
header_start : int: Line index for the header line not counting comment or blank lines. A line with only whitespace is considered blank.
data_start : int: Line index for the start of data not counting comment or blank lines. A line with only whitespace is considered blank.
data_end : 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 : dict: Dictionary of converters.
data_Splitter : BaseSplitter: Splitter class to split data columns.
header_Splitter : BaseSplitter: Splitter class to split header columns.
names : list: List of names corresponding to each data column.
include_names : list, optional: List of names to include in output.
exclude_names : list: List of names to exclude from output (applied after include_names).
fill_values : dict: Specification of fill values for bad or missing table values.
fill_include_names : list: List of names to include in fill_values.
fill_exclude_names : list: List of names to exclude from fill_values (applied after fill_include_names).

Returns: