get_writer¶

astropy.io.ascii.get_writer(Writer=None, fast_writer=True, **kwargs)[source]¶

Initialize a table writer allowing for common customizations. Most of the default behavior for various parameters is determined by the Writer class.

Parameters

WriterWriter: Writer class (DEPRECATED). Defaults to Basic.
delimiterstr: Column delimiter string
commentstr: String defining a comment line in table
quotecharstr: One-character string to quote fields containing special characters
formatsdict: Dictionary of format specifiers or formatting functions
strip_whitespacebool: Strip surrounding whitespace from column values.
nameslist: List of names corresponding to each data column
include_nameslist: List of names to include in output.
exclude_nameslist: List of names to exclude from output (applied after include_names)
fast_writerbool: Whether to use the fast Cython writer.

Returns