get_reader#

astropy.io.ascii.get_reader(reader_cls=None, inputter_cls=None, outputter_cls=None, **kwargs)[source]#

Initialize a table reader allowing for common customizations.

Most of the default behavior for various parameters is determined by the Reader class specified by reader_cls.

Parameters:

reader_clsBaseReader: Reader class. Default is Basic.
inputter_clsBaseInputter: Inputter class
outputter_clsBaseOutputter: Outputter class
delimiterstr: Column delimiter string
commentstr: Regular expression defining a comment line in table
quotecharstr: One-character string to quote fields containing special characters
header_startint: Line index for the header line not counting comment or blank lines. A line with only whitespace is considered blank.
data_startint: Line index for the start of data not counting comment or blank lines. A line with only whitespace is considered blank.
data_endint: Line index for the end of data not counting comment or blank lines. This value can be negative to count from the end.
convertersdict: Dict of converters.
data_splitter_clsBaseSplitter: Splitter class to split data columns.
header_splitter_clsBaseSplitter: Splitter class to split header columns.
nameslist: List of names corresponding to each data column.
include_nameslist, optional: List of names to include in output.
exclude_nameslist: List of names to exclude from output (applied after include_names).
fill_valuestuple, list of tuple: Specification of fill values for bad or missing table values.
fill_include_nameslist: List of names to include in fill_values.
fill_exclude_nameslist: List of names to exclude from fill_values (applied after fill_include_names).

Returns: