Lisandro, When you have some time, could you check this patch solves your problem (and does not introduce new ones) ?
David Index: numpy/lib/io.py =================================================================== --- numpy/lib/io.py (revision 4824) +++ numpy/lib/io.py (working copy) @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import cStringIO import tempfile import os +import re from cPickle import load as _cload, loads from _datasource import DataSource @@ -291,9 +292,12 @@ converterseq = [_getconv(dtype.fields[name][0]) \ for name in dtype.names] + # Remove comments and leading/trailing white space + pattern = re.compile(comments) for i,line in enumerate(fh): if i<skiprows: continue - line = line[:line.find(comments)].strip() + line = pattern.split(line)[0] + line = line.strip() if not len(line): continue vals = line.split(delimiter) if converterseq is None: 2008/2/27, David Huard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > I can look at it. > > Would everyone be satisfied with a solution using regular expressions ? > That is, looking for the following pattern: > > pattern = re.compile(r""" > ^\s* # leading white space > (.*) # Data > %s? # Zero or one comment character > (.*) # Comments > \s*$ # Trailing white space > """%comments, re.VERBOSE) > > match = pattern.search(line) > line, comment = match.groups() > > instead of > > line = line[:line.find(comments)].strip() > > By the way, is there a test function for loadtxt and savetxt ? I couldn't > find one. > > > David > > 2008/2/26, Alan G Isaac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2008, Lisandro Dalcin apparently wrote: > > > I believe the current 'loadtxt' function is broken > > > > > > I agree: > > <URL: > > http://projects.scipy.org/pipermail/numpy-discussion/2007-November/030057.html > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Alan Isaac > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Numpy-discussion mailing list > > Numpy-discussion@scipy.org > > http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion > > > >
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