barak.io.writetable¶

barak.io.writetable(filename, cols, units=None, names=None, header=None, keywords=None, overwrite=False)[source]¶

Write a series of data columns to a file.

Data written using this function can be read again using:

>>> atpy.Table(filename)

Parameters :

filename : str The output filename. Its suffix determines the file type. For example ‘.tbl’, ‘.fits’ or ‘.fits.gz’. cols : structured array, atpy Table instance or a list of columns Data to be written. units : list Units of each column. names : list or string (None) Column names. Can be a comma-separated string of names. If None and cols is a structured array, column names are the array field names. header : str (None) A header written before the data. keywords : dict (None) A dictionary of key-value pairs to write to the header. overwrite : bool (False) If True, overwrite an existing file without prompting.