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scientificComputing/resources/python/loaddat.py

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import numpy as np
def is_float( s ):
try:
float(s)
return True
except ValueError:
return False
def loaddat( filename ):
""" Load ascii data files into a numpy array
"""
mdata = {}
tdata = []
for l in open( filename ) :
if l.startswith( "#" ) :
if ":" in l :
tmp = [e.strip() for e in l[1:].partition(':')]
mdata[tmp[0]] = tmp[2]
elif l and not l.isspace() :
vals = [ float( i ) for i in l.split() if is_float( i ) ]
if len( vals ) > 0 :
tdata.append( vals[0] )
elif len( tdata ) > 0 :
break
return tdata, mdata
d,m = loaddat('../Pholidoptera_litoralis/Time_stamps/Chang/sychronization_2013-07-31-102053h_5-msec.dat')
# the dictionary of meta data:
print m
print
# use the value of a specific metadata item:
print 'The animal number was: ', m['Animal']
print
# the data array:
print d
print
# the fifth value of the data array:
print 'The sixth data value: ', d[0]
print