Function adas.xxcomments

Returns the comments in an adf file as a list of strings.

Parameters

file : str

name of file to be opened.

Returns

lines : list, str

Comments in file.

Notes

Pure python code. Comments are identified by a leading 'C' or 'c'. Files shorter than 3 lines are ignored. The first line of some adf files for carbon ions (eg, adf15) can start with 'C' as the element identifier so the first line is ignored.

Version History

• Martin O'Mullane, 15-12-2021
  • First version

Example

Show the comments in the C2+ PEC file.

>>> import adas as adas
>>> adas.xxcomments('/home/adas/adas/adf15/pec96#c/pec96#c_vsu#c2.dat')
['C-----------------------------------------------------------------------',
 'C',
 'C  PHOTON EMISSIVITY COEFFICIENTS:',
 'C',
 'C ',
 'C  INFORMATION',
 'C  -----------',

etc.