spacepy.pycdf.AttrList

class spacepy.pycdf.AttrList(cdf_file, special_entry=None)[source]

Object representing a list of attributes.

Warning

This class should not be used directly, but only via its subclasses, gAttrList and zAttrList. Methods listed here are safe to use from the subclasses.

clone(master[, name, new_name])

Clones another attribute list, or one attribute from it, into this list.

copy()

Create a copy of this attribute list

new(name[, data, type])

Create a new Attr in this AttrList

rename(old_name, new_name)

Rename an attribute in this list
clone(master, name=None, new_name=None)[source]

Clones another attribute list, or one attribute from it, into this list.

Parameters:
masterAttrList

the attribute list to copy from. This can be any dict-like object.

Other Parameters:
namestr (optional)

name of attribute to clone (default: clone entire list)

new_namestr (optional)

name of the new attribute, default name

copy()[source]

Create a copy of this attribute list

Returns:
outdict

copy of the entries for all attributes in this list

new(name, data=None, type=None)[source]

Create a new Attr in this AttrList

Parameters:
namestr

name of the new Attribute

Other Parameters:
data

data to put into the first entry in the new Attribute

type

CDF type of the first entry from const. Only used if data are specified.

Raises:
KeyErrorif the name already exists in this list
rename(old_name, new_name)[source]

Rename an attribute in this list

Renaming a zAttribute renames it for all zVariables in this CDF!

Parameters:
old_namestr

the current name of the attribute

new_namestr

the new name of the attribute