A python module to access data in text formatted file
Résumé
In data analysis, data is often stored in text formatted files, where values are written in columns on a text line.
The file may contain comments, usually starting with `#`, unused or uninteresting columns or multiple files can contain data of interest.
Consequently, it maybe useful to be have a python shortcut to:
- read one or several files one after the other
- or put some files side by side (i.e. append the columns together)
- filter out commented or empty lines.
This module provides one function that wraps around a file iterator, allowing the file(s) to be read easily.