fprint · id0 · wopen · xopen

Open and Write to Files (Obsolete)

ropen()

Syntax:

h.ropen("infile")

h.ropen()

Description:

h.ropen("infile") opens infile for reading. A subsequent h.ropen() with no arguments closes the previously opened infile. A file which is re-opened with ropen(infile) positions the stream at the beginning of the file.

Example:

###########################################
### create a file titled "file.dat" with: #
### 42 13.7                               #
### 14 64.1                               #
### 12 9                                  #
###########################################

from neuron import h

def r_open(ndat):
    h.ropen("file.dat")
    x = []
    y = []
    for i in range(ndat):
        x.append(h.fscan())
        y.append(h.fscan())
    h.ropen()
    return x, y

# ndat is number of data points
ndat = 3
x, y = r_open(ndat)

Diagnostics:

This function returns 0 if the file is not successfully opened.

See also

read, fscan(), getstr(), File

Warning

There is no way to open more than one read file at a time. The same is true for write files.

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wopen()

Syntax:

h.wopen("outfile")

h.wopen()

Description:

h.wopen() is similar to h.ropen() but opens a file for writing. Contents of an already existing outfile are destroyed. Wopened files are written to with fprint(). With no argument, the previously wopened file is closed. h.wopen() returns 0 on failure to open a file.

Example:

from neuron import h

def w_open(ndat, x, y):
    h.wopen("file.dat")
    for i in range(ndat):
        h.fprint(f"{x[i]} {y[i]}\n")
    h.wopen()

# ndat is number of data points
ndat = 3
x = [42.0, 14.0, 12.0]
y = [13.7, 64.1, 9.0]
w_open(ndat, x, y)

See also

fprint(), File()

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xopen()

Syntax:

h.xopen("hocfile")

h.xopen("hocfile", "RCSrevision")

Description:

h.xopen() executes the commands in hocfile. This is a convenient way to define user functions and procedures. An optional second argument is the RCS revision number in the form of a string. The RCS file with that revision number is checked out into a temporary file and executed. The temporary file is then removed. A file of the same primary name is unaffected.

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fprint()

Syntax:

h.fprint()

Example:

h.fprint("%g %g\n", x, y)

Description:

Same as printf() but prints to a file opened with wopen(). If no file is opened it prints to the standard output.