Method create_table

apptools/io/h5/file.py:255–270

Create table node at the specified path. Parameters ---------- node_path : str Path to node where data is stored (e.g. '/path/to/my_dict') description : dict or numpy dtype object The description of the columns in the table. This is either a d

(self, node_path, description, **kwargs)

        return self[node_path]

    def create_table(self, node_path, description, **kwargs):
        """Create table node at the specified path.

        Parameters
        ----------
        node_path : str
            Path to node where data is stored (e.g. '/path/to/my_dict')
        description : dict or numpy dtype object
            The description of the columns in the table. This is either a dict
            of column name -> dtype items or a numpy record array dtype. For
            more information, see the documentation for Table in pytables.
        """
        self._check_node(node_path)
        self._assert_valid_path(node_path)
        H5TableNode.add_to_h5file(self, node_path, description, **kwargs)
        return self[node_path]

    def _check_node(self, node_path):
        """Check if node exists and create parent groups if necessary.