QTable

class astropy.table.QTable(data=None, masked=None, names=None, dtype=None, meta=None, copy=True, rows=None, copy_indices=True, **kwargs)

Bases: astropy.table.Table

A class to represent tables of heterogeneous data.

QTable provides a class for heterogeneous tabular data which can be easily modified, for instance adding columns or new rows.

The QTable class is identical to Table except that columns with an associated unit attribute are converted to Quantity objects.

See also:

• http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/table/
• http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/table/mixin_columns.html

Parameters:

data : numpy ndarray, dict, list, Table, or table-like object, optional

Data to initialize table.

masked : bool, optional

Specify whether the table is masked.

names : list, optional

Specify column names.

dtype : list, optional

Specify column data types.

meta : dict, optional

Metadata associated with the table.

copy : bool, optional

Copy the input data. Default is True.

rows : numpy ndarray, list of lists, optional

Row-oriented data for table instead of data argument.

copy_indices : bool, optional

Copy any indices in the input data. Default is True.

**kwargs : dict, optional

Additional keyword args when converting table-like object.