CreateEmptyTableWorkspace dialog.
Table of Contents
| Name | Direction | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OutputWorkspace | Output | TableWorkspace | Mandatory | The name of the table workspace that will be created. |
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 TableWorkspace Python API.
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 " + str(my_table.cell("Run Number", 1)) + "."
print "The number of rows is " + str(my_table.rowCount()) + "."
print "The title of the table is " + my_table.getTitle() + "."
print "Remember, the table is a workspace. It's name is \"" + my_table.getName() + "\"."
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: Algorithms | Utility\Workspaces
Python: CreateEmptyTableWorkspace.py