swn.file.write_formatted_frame#

swn.file.write_formatted_frame(df, fname, index=True, comment_header=True)#

Write a data frame as a free formatted table.

Parameters:

dfpandas.DataFrame: DataFrame to write.
fnamestr, path-like or file-like object: Path to write file.
indexbool, default True: Write row names (index).
comment_headerbool, default True: If True, first line starts with ‘#’ to make it a comment, otherwise it will be an uncommented header.

See also

read_formatted_frame

Examples

>>> from io import StringIO
>>> import pandas as pd
>>> from swn.file import write_formatted_frame
>>> df = pd.DataFrame({
...     "value1": [-1e10, -1e-10, 0, 1e-10, 1, 1000],
...     "value2": [1, 10, 100, 1000, 10000, 100000],
...     "value3": ["first one", "two", "three", None, "five", "six"],
...     }, index=[1, 12, 33, 40, 450, 6267])
>>> df.index.name = "ifno"
>>> print(df)
             value1  value2     value3
ifno
1     -1.000000e+10       1  first one
12    -1.000000e-10      10        two
33     0.000000e+00     100      three
40     1.000000e-10    1000       None
450    1.000000e+00   10000       five
6267   1.000000e+03  100000        six
>>> f = StringIO()
>>> write_formatted_frame(df, f)
>>> _ = f.seek(0)
>>> print(f.read(), end="")
# ifno        value1  value2  value3
1      -1.000000e+10       1  'first one'
12     -1.000000e-10      10   two
33      0.000000e+00     100   three
40      1.000000e-10    1000
450     1.000000e+00   10000   five
6267    1.000000e+03  100000   six