[Numpy-discussion] `missing` argument in genfromtxt only a string?

[Pierre GM]

On Sep 15, 2009, at 12:50 AM, Skipper Seabold wrote:
>>
>> Fixed-width fields should already be supported. Instead of delimiter=
>> [1-6, 7-10, 11-15, 16]..., use delimiter=[6, 4, 4, 1] (that is, just
>> give the widths of the fields).
>> Note that I wouldn't be surprised at all if it failed for some corner
>> cases (eg, if you need to read the name from the first line).
>>
>
> Doh, so it does!  The docstring could probably note this unless I just
> missed it somewhere.

Well, we sure do need some docs and more examples. </wink>