Pierre GM wrote:
FYI, I've been coding over the last couple of weeks an extension of loadtxt for a better support of masked data, with the option to read column names in a header. Please find an example below
great, thanks! this could be very useful to me. Two comments: """ missing : string, optional A string representing a missing value, irrespective of the column where it appears (e.g., ``'missing'`` or ``'unused'``. """ It might be nice if "missing" could be a sequence of strings, if there is more than one value for missing values, that are not clearly mapped to a particular field. """ missing_values : {None, dictionary}, optional A dictionary mapping a column number to a string indicating whether the corresponding field should be masked. """ would it possible to specify column header, rather than number here? -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception Chris.Barker@noaa.gov