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I'm using PyTables 2.2.1 w/ Python 2.6, and I would like to create a table which contains nested arrays of variable length.
I have searched the PyTables documentation, and the tutorial example (PyTables Tutorial 3.8) shows how to create a nested array of length = 1. But for this example, how would I add a variable number of rows to data 'info2/info3/x' and 'info2/info3/y'?
For perhaps an easier to understand table structure, here's my homegrown example:
"""Desired Pytable output:
DIEM TEMPUS Temperature Data
5 0 100 Category1 <--||--> Category2
x <--| |--> y z <--|
0 0 0
2 1 1
4 1.33 2.67
6 1.5 4.5
8 1.6 6.4
5 1 99
2 2 0
4 2 2
6 2 4
8 2 6
5 2 96
4 4 0
6 3 3
8 2.67 5.33
Note that nested arrays have variable length.
"""
import tables as ts
tableDef = {'DIEM': ts.Int32Col(pos=0),
'TEMPUS': ts.Int32Col(pos=1),
'Temperature' : ts.Float32Col(pos=2),
'Data':
{'Category1':
{
'x': ts.Float32Col(),
'y': ts.Float32Col()
},
'Category2':
{
'z': ts.Float32Col(),
}
}