# ChiantiPy.fortranformat package

## Submodules

## ChiantiPy.fortranformat.FortranRecordReader module

class `ChiantiPy.fortranformat.FortranRecordReader.``FortranRecordReader`(format)

  Bases: `object`

  Generate a reader object for FORTRAN format strings

  Typical use case …

      >>> header_line = FortranRecordReader('(A15, A15, A15)')
      >>> header_line.read('              x              y              z')
      ['              x', '              y', '              z']
      >>> line = FortranRecordReader('(3F15.3)')
      >>> line.read('          1.000          0.000          0.500')
      [1.0, 0.0, 0.5]
      >>> line.read('          1.100          0.100          0.600')
      [1.1, 0.1, 0.6]

  Note: it is best to create a new object for each format, changing the format causes the parser to reevalute the format string which is costly in terms of performance

  property `format`
  `get_format`()
  `match`(record)
  `read`(record)

    Pass a string representing a FORTRAN record to obtain the relevent values

  `set_format`(format)

## ChiantiPy.fortranformat.FortranRecordWriter module

class `ChiantiPy.fortranformat.FortranRecordWriter.``FortranRecordWriter`(format)

  Bases: `object`

  Generate a writer object for FORTRAN format strings

  Typical use case …

      >>> header_line = FortranRecordWriter('(A15, A15, A15)')
      >>> header_line.write(['x', 'y', 'z'])
      '              x              y              z'
      >>> line = FortranRecordWriter('(3F15.3)')
      >>> line.write([1.0, 0.0, 0.5])
      '          1.000          0.000          0.500'
      >>> line.write([1.1, 0.1, 0.6])
      '          1.100          0.100          0.600'

  Note: it is best to create a new object for each format, changing the format causes the parser to reevalute the format string which is costly in terms of performance

  property `format`
  `get_format`()
  `set_format`(format)
  `write`(values)

    Pass a list of values correspoding to the FORTRAN format specified to generate a string

## ChiantiPy.fortranformat.config module

`ChiantiPy.fortranformat.config.``reset`()

## Module contents