@@ -282,38 +282,44 @@ def to_hdf(path_or_buf, key, value, mode=None, complevel=None, complib=None,
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def read_hdf (path_or_buf , key = None , mode = 'r' , ** kwargs ):
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- """ read from the store, close it if we opened it
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-
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- Retrieve pandas object stored in file, optionally based on where
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- criteria
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-
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- Parameters
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- ----------
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- path_or_buf : path (string), buffer or path object (pathlib.Path or
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- py._path.local.LocalPath) designating the file to open, or an
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- already opened pd.HDFStore object
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-
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- .. versionadded:: 0.19.0 support for pathlib, py.path.
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+ """
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+ Read from the store, close it if we opened it
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- key : group identifier in the store. Can be omitted if the HDF file
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- contains a single pandas object.
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- mode : string, {'r', 'r+', 'a'}, default 'r'. Mode to use when opening
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- the file. Ignored if path_or_buf is a pd.HDFStore.
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- where : list of Term (or convertible) objects, optional
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- start : optional, integer (defaults to None), row number to start
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- selection
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- stop : optional, integer (defaults to None), row number to stop
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- selection
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- columns : optional, a list of columns that if not None, will limit the
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- return columns
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- iterator : optional, boolean, return an iterator, default False
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- chunksize : optional, nrows to include in iteration, return an iterator
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+ Retrieve pandas object stored in file, optionally based on where
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+ criteria
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- Returns
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- -------
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- The selected object
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+ Parameters
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+ ----------
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+ path_or_buf : string, buffer or path object
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+ Path to the file to open, or an open pd.HDFStore object.
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+ Supports pathlib.Path and py._path.local.LocalPath.
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+
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+ .. versionadded:: 0.19.0 support for pathlib, py.path.
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+
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+ key : object, optional
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+ The group identifier in the store. Can be omitted if the HDF file
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+ contains a single pandas object.
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+ mode : {'r', 'r+', 'a'}, optional
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+ Mode to use when opening the file. Ignored if path_or_buf is a
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+ pd.HDFStore. Default is 'r'.
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+ where : list, optional
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+ A list of Term (or convertible) objects
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+ start : int, optional
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+ Row number to start selection
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+ stop : int, optional
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+ Row number to stop selection
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+ columns : list, optional
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+ A list of columns names to return
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+ iterator : bool, optional
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+ Return an iterator object
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+ chunksize : int, optional
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+ nrows to include in an iteration when using an iterator
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- """
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+ Returns
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+ -------
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+ item : object
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+ The selected object. Return type depends on the object stored.
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+ """
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if mode not in ['r' , 'r+' , 'a' ]:
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raise ValueError ('mode {0} is not allowed while performing a read. '
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