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 (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 schemas 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

comment	Optional comment that can be written above the object in the file.
schema	CIF schemas used for the object.

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:

None