3.2.1.0 table.toasciifmt

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table.toasciifmt - Function

3.2.1 Write CASA table into an ASCII format

Description

Write a table into an ASCII format approximately compatible with fromascii except that in order to permit variable shaped arrays (as they often occur in MSs), array values are output enclosed in square brackets. The separator between values can be specified and defaults to a blank. Note that columns containing invalid data or record type data are ignored and a warning is issued.

If the argument headerfile is set then the header information is written to that file instead of the first two lines of the data file.

Arguments


Inputs
asciifile	Name of ASCII file to be written
	allowed:	string
	Default:
headerfile	Name of an optional file defining the format
	allowed:	string
	Default:
columns	Names of columns to be written, default is all
	allowed:	stringArray
	Default:
sep	Value separator, default is one blank
	allowed:	string
	Default:

Returns
bool

Example

tb.toasciifmt(asciifile=’myfile3.dat’, headerfile=’myfile3.head’, columns=[’SOURCE_ID’, ’NAME’, ’PROPER_MOTION’], sep=’, ’)

will produce a comma separated ASCII output of the three columns ’SOURCE_ID’, ’NAME’, and ’PROPER_MOTION’ in file ’myfile3.dat’
and a format description in ’myfile3.head’.

tb.toasciifmt(asciifile=’myfile.dat’)

will produce a space separated ASCII output of all table columns into file ’myfile.dat’
with the first two lines containing a format description.

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