get_writer¶
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astropy.io.ascii.
get_writer
(Writer=None, fast_writer=True, **kwargs)[source] [edit on github]¶ Initialize a table writer allowing for common customizations. Most of the default behavior for various parameters is determined by the Writer class.
Parameters: Writer :
Writer
Writer class (DEPRECATED) (default=
Basic
)delimiter : str
Column delimiter string
comment : str
String defining a comment line in table
quotechar : str
One-character string to quote fields containing special characters
formats : dict
Dictionary of format specifiers or formatting functions
strip_whitespace : bool
Strip surrounding whitespace from column values (default=
True
)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
)fast_writer : bool
Whether to use the fast Cython writer (default=
True
)Returns: writer :
BaseReader
subclassASCII format writer instance