`astropy.io.fits.column:Column._determine_formats`

source: /astropy/io/fits/column.py :1288

Summary

Given a format string and whether or not the Column is for an ASCII table (ascii=None means unspecified, but lean toward binary table where ambiguous) create an appropriate _BaseColumnFormat instance for the column's format, and determine the appropriate recarray format.

Extended Summary

The values of the start and dim keyword arguments are also useful, as the former is only valid for ASCII tables and the latter only for BINARY tables.

Aliases

astropy.io.fits.Column._determine_formats