def _shape_text(self, text, colsep=u"\t", rowsep=u"\n", transpose=False, skiprows=0, comments='#'): """Decode the shape of the given text""" assert colsep != rowsep out = [] text_rows = text.split(rowsep)[skiprows:] for row in text_rows: stripped = to_text_string(row).strip() if len(stripped) == 0 or stripped.startswith(comments): continue line = to_text_string(row).split(colsep) line = [try_to_parse(to_text_string(x)) for x in line] out.append(line) # Replace missing elements with np.nan's or None's if programs.is_module_installed('numpy'): from numpy import nan out = list(zip_longest(*out, fillvalue=nan)) else: out = list(zip_longest(*out, fillvalue=None)) # Tranpose the last result to get the expected one out = [[r[col] for r in out] for col in range(len(out[0]))] if transpose: return [[r[col] for r in out] for col in range(len(out[0]))] return out