Function adas.str2value

Converts a string to a numerical value.

Parameters

string : str

string representation of value.

dtype : datatype

form of output, defaults to int

Returns

value : int or float

numerical value according to dtype.

Notes

Restricted to int and float.

Checks for fortran-style 'D' scientific notation.

Returns 0 if the string is blank; mimicking fortran.

Version History

• Martin O'Mullane, 14-08-2022
  • First version

Example

>>> import adas as adas
>>> line="  23   45.0  2.34D-2"
>>> adas.str2value(line[0:5])
23
>>> adas.str2value(line[13:], dtype=float)
0.0234
>>> adas.str2value(line[0:2])
0