CreateEmptyTableWorkspace v1#

Summary#

Creates an empty TableWorkspace which can be populated with various types of information.

Properties#

Name	Direction	Type	Default	Description
OutputWorkspace	Output	TableWorkspace	Mandatory	The name of the table workspace that will be created.

Description#

Creates an empty table workspace, which you can then populate with items of various types.

For a complete list of TableWorkspace methods accessible from Python please see the ITableWorkspace.

Usage#

Example - Creating and Populating a Table

my_table = CreateEmptyTableWorkspace()

my_table.setTitle("My Data List")

my_table.addColumn("str", "Instrument Name")
my_table.addColumn("int", "Run Number")

my_table.addRow(["MUSR", 10245])
my_table.addRow(["IRIS", 8465])
my_table.addRow(["SANS2D", 20462])

print("The run number for IRIS is {}.".format(my_table.cell("Run Number", 1)))
print("The number of rows is {}.".format(my_table.rowCount()))
print("The title of the table is {}.".format(my_table.getTitle()))
print("Remember, the table is a workspace.  It's name is \"{}\".".format(my_table.name()))

Output:

The run number for IRIS is 8465.
The number of rows is 3.
The title of the table is My Data List.
Remember, the table is a workspace.  It's name is "my_table".

Categories: AlgorithmIndex | Utility\Workspaces

Source#

Python: CreateEmptyTableWorkspace.py