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]