expyriment.io.OutputFile¶

class expyriment.io.OutputFile(suffix, directory, comment_char=None, time_stamp=None)¶

A class implementing an output file.

__init__(suffix, directory, comment_char=None, time_stamp=None)¶

Create an output file.

Filename: {MAINFILE_NAME}_{SUBJECT_ID}_{TIME_STAMP}{suffix}

Parameters:	suffix : str file suffix/extension (str) directory : str create file in given directory comment_char : str, optional comment character time_stamp : bool, optional using time stamps, based on the experiment start time, not the current time

comment_char¶

Getter for comment_char

directory¶

Getter for directory

filename¶

Getter for filename

fullpath¶

Getter for fullpath

logging¶

Getter for logging.

rename(new_filename)¶

Renames the output file.

save()¶

Save file to disk.

set_logging(onoff)¶

Set logging of this object on or off

Parameters:	onoff : bool set logging on (True) or off (False)

Notes

See also design.experiment.set_log_level fur further information about event logging.

standard_file_name¶

Getter for the standard expyriment outputfile name.

Filename: {MAINFILE_NAME}_{SUBJECT_ID}_{TIME_STAMP}{suffix}

suffix¶

Getter for directory

write(content)¶

Write to file.

Parameters:	content : str content to be written (anything, will be casted to str)

write_comment(comment)¶

Write a comment line to files.

(i.e., text is proceeded by comment char).

Parameters:	comment : str comment to be written (anything, will be casted to str)

write_line(content)¶

Write a text line to files.

Parameters:	content : str content to be written (anything, will be casted to str)

write_list(list_)¶

Write a list in a row. Data are separated by a delimiter.

Parameters:	list_ : list list to be written