scippneutron.io.cif.Loop#
- class scippneutron.io.cif.Loop(columns, *, comment='', schema=None)#
A CIF loop.
Contains a mapping from strings to Scipp variables. The strings are arbitrary and
Loop
can merge items from different categories into a single loop. All variables must have the same length.- __init__(columns, *, comment='', schema=None)#
Create a new CIF loop.
- Parameters:
columns (
Union
[Mapping
[str
,Variable
],Iterable
[tuple
[str
,Variable
]],None
]) – Defines a mapping from column names (including their category) to column values as Scipp variables.comment (
str
, default:''
) – Optional comment that can be written above the loop in the file.schema (
Union
[CIFSchema
,Iterable
[CIFSchema
],None
], default:None
) – CIF Schema used for the loop. Content is not checked against the schema, but the schema is written to the file.
Methods
__init__
(columns, *[, comment, schema])Create a new CIF loop.
write
(f)Write this loop to a file.
Attributes
Optional comment that can be written above the loop in the file.
CIF Schema used for the loop.
- write(f)#
Write this loop to a file.
Used mainly internally, use
scippneutron.io.cif.save_cif()
instead.- Parameters:
f (
TextIOBase
) – File handle.- Return type: