def extract(self,key):
"""Extract a line of data specified by 'key' as a list.
Warning: This method is provided only for expediency, it will not work correctly unless the desired line is the only one containing exactly the string given.
"""
datafile = open(self.directory+self.name, 'rb')
keylen = len(key)
for line in datafile:
if line.find(key)!=-1:
r = [tryfloat(s) for s in line.split('#',1)[0].split()]
if len(r) == 1: return r[0]
return r
return None
def extractall(self):
return [[tryfloat(s) for s in l] for l in self.strextractall()]