casacore::ReadAsciiTable_global_functions_readAsciiTable Struct Reference

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#include <ReadAsciiTable.h>

Public Member Functions
String	readAsciiTable (const String &filein, const String &tableDescName, const String &tableName, Bool autoHeader=False, Char separator=' ', const String &commentMarkerRegex="", Int firstLine=1, Int lastLine=-1, const IPosition &autoShape=IPosition())
	Create a table with name as given by tableName. More...
String	readAsciiTable (const String &filein, const String &tableproto, const String &tablename, const Vector< String > &columnNames, const Vector< String > &dataTypes, Char separator, const String &commentMarkerRegex, Int firstLine, Int lastLine)
	This form gets the header info in the given vectors. More...
String	readAsciiTable (const String &headerFile, const String &dataFile, const String &tableDescName, const String &tablename, Char separator=' ', const String &commentMarkerRegex="", Int firstLine=1, Int lastLine=-1)
	This form reads TWO Ascii files. More...
String	readAsciiTable (const String &headerFile, const String &dataFile, const String &tableDescName, const char *tablename, Char separator=' ', const String &commentMarkerRegex="", Int firstLine=1, Int lastLine=-1)
Table	readAsciiTable (String &formatString, Table::TableType tableType, const String &filein, const String &tableDescName, const String &tableName, Bool autoHeader=False, Char separator=' ', const String &commentMarkerRegex="", Int firstLine=1, Int lastLine=-1, const IPosition &autoShape=IPosition())
	Similar versions as above, but returning a Table object. More...
Table	readAsciiTable (String &formatString, Table::TableType tableType, const String &filein, const String &tableproto, const String &tablename, const Vector< String > &columnNames, const Vector< String > &dataTypes, Char separator, const String &commentMarkerRegex, Int firstLine, Int lastLine)
Table	readAsciiTable (String &formatString, Table::TableType tableType, const String &headerFile, const String &dataFile, const String &tableDescName, const String &tablename, Char separator=' ', const String &commentMarkerRegex="", Int firstLine=1, Int lastLine=-1)
Table	readAsciiTable (String &formatString, Table::TableType tableType, const String &headerFile, const String &dataFile, const String &tableDescName, const char *tablename, Char separator=' ', const String &commentMarkerRegex="", Int firstLine=1, Int lastLine=-1)

Detailed Description

Filling a table from an Ascii file.

Review Status

Reviewed By:

UNKNOWN

Date Reviewed:

before2004/08/25

Intended use:

Public interface

Prerequisite

• Table

Synopsis

Global functions to fill a table from an Ascii file.

The table columns are filled from a file containing the data values separated by a separator (optionally followed by whitespace). The default separator is a comma. Non-given values default to 0, False, or blank string (depending on data type). A value is not given between 2 consecutive separators or if less values are given than needed. One line per table row should be given. The following two header lines define the columns in the table:

1. The first line contains the names of the variables in each column. These names may be enclosed in double quotes.
2. The second line contains the data types of each column. Valid types are:
   • S for Short Integer data
   • I for Integer data
   • R for Real data
   • D for Double Precision data
   • X for Complex data (Real, Imaginary)
   • DX for Double Precision Complex data (R,I)
   • Z for Complex data (Amplitude, Phase)
   • DZ for Double Precision Complex data (A,P)
   • A for ASCII data (must be enclosed in double quotes if it contains one or more blanks)
   • DMS for MVAngle-format position in DMS (converted to radians) In this case a colon separated position is seen as degrees and not as hours. Blanks instead of : can be used as separator.
   • HMS for MVAngle-format position in HMS (converted to radians) Blanks instead of : can be used as separator.
   The type can optionally be followed by one or more positive numbers (separated by commas without whitespace) indicating that the column contains an array. The numbers give the shape of the array. E.g. D2,4 defines a column containing arrays with shape [2,4]. It "consumes" 8 numbers in each input data line. The last column can contain a 0 in one of the shape numbers. It indicates that the arrays are variable shaped; it "consumes" all remaining numbers in each input data line. If needed, the arrays are filled with default values (0, False, or blank). E.g. I0 indicates a variable shaped vector. I0,4 with a line with remaining input 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 results in an array with shape [3,4] (filled with with 3 zeroes).

If the autoHeader argument is True, the column definition lines should not be given. It recognizes the types from the first data line. It gives the names 'column0', etc. to the columns. It can recognize integer, double, and string types. It is possible to give a shape argument which has the same function as the shape values discussed above.

There are two forms of the readAsciiTable function:

1. The simplest form has two input files. The second input file contains the column data. The first input file contains the keywords (if any) and the column definitions. The keywords in the first file, if there are any, must be enclosed between a line that starts with ".keywords" and a line that starts with ".endkeywords". To define column keywords,.keywords should be followed by whitespace and the column name. Between these two lines each line should contain the following:
   • The keyword name, e.g., ANYKEY
   • The datatype of the keyword (cf. list of valid types above)
   • The value or values for the keyword (the keyword may contain a scalar or a vector of values). e.g., 3.14159 21.78945
   After the keywords definitions, the two column definition lines should follow (unless autoHeader=True is given).
   For example:

   .keywords
    KEYI  I  10
    KEYIV I  11 12 13 14
    KEYF  R  1.2
    KEYFV R  -3.2 0 5.6
    KEYD  D  1.23456789
    KEYDV D  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    KEYX  X  -1.5 -3
    KEYXC X  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
    KEYZ  Z  -3  -1.5
    KEYZV Z  0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5
    KEYS  A  "1 2 3 4 5"
    KEYSV A  " 1 2 " "AAA" BBB bbb CCc C "@#$%^&*()"
   .endkeywords
   .keywords  COLDX
    IKEYS   A "coldx ikey"
    DKEYS   A "coldx dkey"
   .endkeywords
    COLI   COLF   COLD       COLX        COLZ       COLS
    I      R      D          X           Z          A

   defines a table with 12 table keywords (of which 6 contain vector values), 2 keywords for column COLDX, and and 6 columns. The number of rows is determined by the number of lines in the second input file.
2. The other form is to combine the two files in one file. In that case the data lines must be preceeded by the optional keyword and column definitions (without an intermediate blank line).

Example

readAsciiTable ("file.in", "", "table.test");

creates a table with name table.test from the text file file.in. The text file could look like:

COLI   COLF   COLD       COLX        COLZ       COLS
I      R      D          X           Z          A
1      1.1    1.11       1.12 1.13   1.14 1.15  Str1
10     11     12         13   14     15   16    String17

resulting in a table with 6 columns and 2 rows.

Definition at line 183 of file ReadAsciiTable.h.

Member Function Documentation

readAsciiTable() [1/8]

String casacore::ReadAsciiTable_global_functions_readAsciiTable::readAsciiTable	(	const String &	filein,
		const String &	tableDescName,
		const String &	tableName,
		Bool	autoHeader = False,
		Char	separator = ' ',
		const String &	commentMarkerRegex = "",
		Int	firstLine = 1,
		Int	lastLine = -1,
		const IPosition &	autoShape = IPosition()
	)

Create a table with name as given by tableName.

If autoHeader==True, the format is automatically derived from the first data line. It can recognize integer, double, and String types. The columns will be named column1, column2, etc.. If the autoShape argument is given with 1 or more axes, all values are treated as a single column with the given shape. Note that one of the can have length 0 indicating a variable shaped array. If autoHeader==False, the layout of the table has to be defined in the first 2 lines of the input file. The remaining lines in the input file contain the data.

When the tableDescName is not blank, the table description will be stored in a table description file with the given name.
It returns a string containing the format of the columns in the form COL1=R, COL2=D,...

The separator gives the character separating the values. The default is a blank. Note that irrespective of the separator, blanks between values are always ignored. A string value has to be enclosed in double quotes if it has to contain blanks or the separator value.

Header and data lines starting with the regular expression given in the commentMarker are ignored. By default no comment marker is present. E.g. "#" ignores all lines starting with the #-sign. " *#" does the same, but the lines to ignore can start with whitespace.

The first and last line argument give the 1-relative number of the first and last line to read from the file. firstLine <= 0 is the same as 1. lastLine <= 0 means until end-of-file. Note that lines matching the comment marker are also counted.

readAsciiTable() [2/8]

String casacore::ReadAsciiTable_global_functions_readAsciiTable::readAsciiTable	(	const String &	filein,
		const String &	tableproto,
		const String &	tablename,
		const Vector< String > &	columnNames,
		const Vector< String > &	dataTypes,
		Char	separator,
		const String &	commentMarkerRegex,
		Int	firstLine,
		Int	lastLine
	)

This form gets the header info in the given vectors.

Each element in the dataTypes vector has to be of the form as would be given in a header line.

readAsciiTable() [3/8]

String casacore::ReadAsciiTable_global_functions_readAsciiTable::readAsciiTable	(	const String &	headerFile,
		const String &	dataFile,
		const String &	tableDescName,
		const char *	tablename,
		Char	separator = ' ',
		const String &	commentMarkerRegex = "",
		Int	firstLine = 1,
		Int	lastLine = -1
	)

readAsciiTable() [4/8]

String casacore::ReadAsciiTable_global_functions_readAsciiTable::readAsciiTable	(	const String &	headerFile,
		const String &	dataFile,
		const String &	tableDescName,
		const String &	tablename,
		Char	separator = ' ',
		const String &	commentMarkerRegex = "",
		Int	firstLine = 1,
		Int	lastLine = -1
	)

This form reads TWO Ascii files.

The first file may contain keywords and their values as well as the two lines described above for the names and type of variables. The second file is intended for data only.

When the tableDescName is not blank, the table description will be stored in a table description file with the given name.
It returns a string containing the format of the columns in the form COL1=R, COL2=D,...

The separator gives the character separating the values. The default is a blank. Note that irrespective of the separator, blanks between values are always ignored. A string value has to be enclosed in double quotes if it has to contain blanks or the separator value.

Header and data lines starting with the regular expression given in the commentMarker are ignored. By default no comment marker is present. E.g. "#" ignores all lines starting with the #-sign. " *#" does the same, but the lines to ignore can start with whitespace.

The first and last line argument give the 1-relative number of the first and last line to read from the data file. firstLine <= 0 is the same as 1. lastLine <= 0 means until end-of-file. Note that lines matching the comment marker are also counted.

readAsciiTable() [5/8]

Table casacore::ReadAsciiTable_global_functions_readAsciiTable::readAsciiTable	(	String &	formatString,
		Table::TableType	tableType,
		const String &	filein,
		const String &	tableDescName,
		const String &	tableName,
		Bool	autoHeader = False,
		Char	separator = ' ',
		const String &	commentMarkerRegex = "",
		Int	firstLine = 1,
		Int	lastLine = -1,
		const IPosition &	autoShape = IPosition()
	)

Similar versions as above, but returning a Table object.

The format string is returned in the first argument. The type of Table can be given (Plain or Memory).

readAsciiTable() [6/8]

Table casacore::ReadAsciiTable_global_functions_readAsciiTable::readAsciiTable	(	String &	formatString,
		Table::TableType	tableType,
		const String &	filein,
		const String &	tableproto,
		const String &	tablename,
		const Vector< String > &	columnNames,
		const Vector< String > &	dataTypes,
		Char	separator,
		const String &	commentMarkerRegex,
		Int	firstLine,
		Int	lastLine
	)

readAsciiTable() [7/8]

Table casacore::ReadAsciiTable_global_functions_readAsciiTable::readAsciiTable	(	String &	formatString,
		Table::TableType	tableType,
		const String &	headerFile,
		const String &	dataFile,
		const String &	tableDescName,
		const char *	tablename,
		Char	separator = ' ',
		const String &	commentMarkerRegex = "",
		Int	firstLine = 1,
		Int	lastLine = -1
	)

readAsciiTable() [8/8]

Table casacore::ReadAsciiTable_global_functions_readAsciiTable::readAsciiTable	(	String &	formatString,
		Table::TableType	tableType,
		const String &	headerFile,
		const String &	dataFile,
		const String &	tableDescName,
		const String &	tablename,
		Char	separator = ' ',
		const String &	commentMarkerRegex = "",
		Int	firstLine = 1,
		Int	lastLine = -1
	)

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The documentation for this struct was generated from the following file:

• tables/Tables/ReadAsciiTable.h