3.2.1.0 table.getcolshapestring

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table.getcolshapestring - Function

3.2.1 get shape of arrays in a specific column

Description

The shapes of the arrays in the entire column (or part of it) are returned as strings like [20,3]. When the column contains fixed shaped arrays, a single string is returned. Otherwise a vector of strings is returned.

Arguments


Inputs
columnname	Name of column
	allowed:	string
	Default:
startrow	First row to read (default 0)
	allowed:	int
	Default:	0
nrow	Number of rows to read (default -1 means till the end)
	allowed:	int
	Default:	-1
rowincr	Increment in rows to read (default 1)
	allowed:	int
	Default:	1

Returns
stringArray

Example

  tb.open("3C273XC1.MS")
  shapes=tb.getcolshapestring("DATA"))
  print len(shapes)

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