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icartt
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icartt is an ICARTT file format reader and writer

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Installation
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.. include:: ../../icartt/INSTALL.rst

Example
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::

   import icartt

   # load a new dataset from an existing file
   ict = icartt.Dataset('path/to/example.ict')

   # list variable names
   ict.varnames
   # e.g. ['Fractional_Day', 'UTC', 'JDAY', 'INDEX', 'FLIGHT', 'LOCAL_SUN_TIME', ...

   # get data for variable 'UTC':
   ict['UTC']

   # some metadata
   ict.organization
   ict.dataSource
   ict.mission

   # write to (other) file:
   with open('path/to/output.ict', 'wb') as f:
      ict.write(f)

API
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.. module:: icartt

Variable
^^^^^^^^^^

.. autoclass:: Variable


Dataset
^^^^^^^^^^

.. autoclass:: Dataset