lib5c.parsers.util module

Module containing utility functions for file parsing.

lib5c.parsers.util.null_value(dtype)

Utility method to get the appropriate null value given a numpy dtype.

Pandas has some logic for this, see http://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/missing_data.html

Parameters:dtype (np.dtype) – The dtype to return a null value for. Returns:The default null value for this dtype. Return type:Any

lib5c.parsers.util.parse_field(val)

Utility function for parsing a value that could be an int, a float, or a string.

Parameters:val (str) – The value to parse. Returns:The parsed value. Return type:Union[int, float, str]