[AstroPy] reading fixed format tables

[Matt Davis]

It looks like numpy.genfromtxt can also do this, see the last example: http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.genfromtxt.html

- Matt

On Dec 5, 2011, at 3:41 PM, Tom Aldcroft wrote:

> Asciitable of course :).   See the second example here:
> 
> http://cxc.harvard.edu/contrib/asciitable/fixed_width_gallery.html#fixedwidthnoheader
> 
> You'll have to calculate the column start and stop indexes.
> 
> - Tom
> 
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Wolfgang Kerzendorf
> <wkerzendorf at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I'm looking for a fixed format table reader. Fixed format like in the
>> fortran definition(no spaces, just a prescribed formatting).
>> 
>> e.g. FORMAT(F11.4,F7.3,F6.2,F12.3,F5.2,1X,A10,F12.3,F5.2,1X,A10,
>> 
>> 3F6.2,A4,2I2,I3,F6.3,I3,F6.3,2I5,1X,A1,A1,1X,A1,A1,i1,A3.2I5,I6)
>> 
>> 
>> Does atpy do that? Is there any other package that does that or do I need to
>> role my own?
>> 
>> Cheers
>>   W
>> 
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