Changeset 986 in lmdz_wrf for trunk/tools/generic_tools.py

Timestamp:

Aug 9, 2016, 12:40:25 PM (9 years ago)

Author:

lfita

Message:

Adding `get_configuration': Function to get the configuration from an ASCII external file

File:

• trunk/tools/generic_tools.py (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/tools/generic_tools.py

@@ -37 +37 @@
 # dictionary_key_list: Function to provide the first key in a dictionay of lists with a given value
 # files_folder_HMT: Function to retrieve a list of files from a folder [fold] and files with [head]*[middle]*[tail]
+# get_configuration: Function to get the configuration from an ASCII external file
 # ijlonlat: Function to provide the imin,jmin imax,jmax of a lon,lat box
 # incomming_flow: Function to determine if a fgrid-flow inflows to the central grid point
@@ -8072 +8073 @@
     return newdatev, newtunits
 
+def get_configuration(configfile,glob):
+    """ Function to get the configuration from an ASCII external file with [arg] = [value]
+     returned as a dictionay as configuration[arg] = [value]
+     '#' for comentaries in the ASCII file
+    configfile= ASCII file to read
+    glob= do we want vairables as global ones? (True/False)
+    """
+    fname = 'get_configuration'
+
+    if not os.path.isfile(configfile):
+        print errormsg
+        print '  ' + fmsg + ': configuratio file "' + filen + '" does not exist !!'
+        quit(-1)    
+
+    of = open(configfile, 'r')
+
+    config = {}
+    for line in of:
+        if line[0:1] != '#' and len(line) > 1:
+            arg = line.replace('\n','').split('=')[0].replace(' ','')
+            val = line.replace('\n','').split('=')[1].replace(' ','')
+            config[arg] = val
+# From: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11553721/using-a-string-variable-as-a-variable-name
+             #exec( "pyHOME = '" + conf['pyHOME'] + "'")
+
+# From: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1373164/how-do-i-create-a-variable-number-of-variables-in-python
+            if glob: globals()[arg] = val
+
+    return config
+
+#conf = get_configuration('model_graphics.dat',False)
+#print pyHOME
+
 #quit()