cf.CfDict

class cf.CfDict(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: _abcoll.MutableMapping

A dictionary-like object (a ‘cf dictionary’) suitable for storing CF structures.

Parameters:

• *args –

  Keys and values are initialized exactly as for a built-in dict.

• **kwargs –

  Keys and values are initialized exactly as for a built-in dict.

Overloaded operators:

The in (set membership) operator is overloaded to use numerically tolerant equality.

Methods:

Method	Description
clear	As for a built-in dict.
copy	Create a deep copy.
equals	Determine whether two instances are congruent with each other.
get	As for a built-in dict.
get_keys	Return keys which match a pattern.
has_key	As for a built-in dict but using numerically tolerant equality.
items	As for a built-in dict.
iteritems	As for a built-in dict.
iterkeys	As for a built-in dict.
itervalues	As for a built-in dict.
keys	As for a built-in dict.
pop	As for a built-in dict.
popitem	As for a built-in dict.
setdefault	As for a built-in dict.
update	As for a built-in dict.
values	As for a built-in dict.

Methods and attributes defined here:

copy()

CFD.copy() -> a deep copy of CFD

equals(other, rtol=None, atol=None)

Return True if two instances are congruent in that they have

1. Equal sets of keys.
2. For each key, the two values are equal.
3. Both instances have equal attributes.

Equality of numbers is to within a tolerance. Refer to cf for details.

Parameters:

• other (object) – The variable to compare against for equality.
• atol (None or float) – Optional. If None then use the default method for setting the absolute tolerance for equality of real numbers (refer to cf for details). If a float then set the absolute tolerance to this value for all comparisons (refer to the override parameter).
• rtol (None or float) – Optional. If None then use the default method for setting the relative tolerance for equality of real numbers (refer to cf for details). If a float then set the relative tolerance to this value for all comparisons (refer to the override parameter).

Returns:

True if the two objects are congruent, False otherwise.

get_keys(regex=None)

Return a list of the cf dictionary’s key names which match the given regular expression.

Parameters:regex (str) – Optional. The regular expression with which to identify key names. Returns:A list of keys names.

Examples:

>>> d.keys()
['dim2', 'dim0', 'dim1', 'aux0', 'cm0']
>>> d.get_keys()
['dim2', 'dim0', 'dim1', 'aux0', 'cm0']
>>> d.get_keys('dim')
['dim2', 'dim0', 'dim1']
>>> d.get_keys('^aux|^dim')
['dim2', 'dim0', 'dim1', 'aux0']
>>> d.get_keys('dim[123]')
['dim2', 'dim1']

has_key(key)

CFD.has_key(k) -> True if CFD has a key k, else False