get_reader

astropy.io.ascii.get_reader(Reader=None, Inputter=None, Outputter=None, **kwargs)

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= 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 lines

data_start : int

Line index for the start of data not counting comment lines

data_end : int

Line index for the end of data (can be negative to count from 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

List of names to include in output (default= None selects all names)

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 (default= None selects all names)

fill_exclude_names : list

List of names to exclude from fill_values (applied after fill_include_names)