get_writer¶

astropy.io.ascii.get_writer(Writer=None, fast_writer=True, **kwargs)[source] [edit on github]¶

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 : str: Column delimiter string
comment : str: String defining a comment line in table
quotechar : str: One-character string to quote fields containing special characters
formats : dict: Dictionary of format specifiers or formatting functions
strip_whitespace : bool: Strip surrounding whitespace from column values.
names : list: List of names corresponding to each data column
include_names : list: List of names to include in output.
exclude_names : list: List of names to exclude from output (applied after include_names)
fast_writer : bool: Whether to use the fast Cython writer.

Returns: