pypath.inputs.common.read_table

pypath.inputs.common.read_table(cols, fileObject=None, data=None, sep='\t', sep2=None, rem=None, hdr=None, encoding='ascii')

Generic function to read data tables.

fileObjectfile-like

Any file like object: file opened for read, or StringIO buffer

colsdict

Dictionary of columns to read. Keys identifying fields are returned in the result. Values are column numbers.

sepstr

Field separator of the file.

sep2dict

Subfield separators and prefixes. E.g. {2: ‘,’, 3: ‘|’}

hdrint

Number of header lines. If None, no headers assumed.

remlist

Strings to remove. For each line these elements will be replaced with ‘’.