''' Created on 24/04/2014 @author: MMPE ''' import numpy as np def save(filename, y_coordinates, z_coordinates, u=None, v=None, w=None): shape = (len(z_coordinates), len(y_coordinates)) vuw = [v, u, w] for i in range(3): if vuw[i] is None: vuw[i] = np.zeros((shape)) else: assert vuw[i].shape == shape, (i, vuw[i].shape, shape) with open(filename, 'w') as fid: fid.write(" # autogenerated shear file\n") fid.write(" %d %d\n" % (len(y_coordinates), len(z_coordinates))) for i, l in enumerate(['v', 'u', 'w']): fid.write(" # shear %s component\n " % l) fid.write("\n ".join([" ".join(["%.10f" % v for v in r ]) for r in vuw[i]])) fid.write("\n") for yz, coor in (['y', y_coordinates], ['z', z_coordinates]): fid.write(" # %s coordinates\n " % yz) fid.write("\n ".join("%.10f" % v for v in coor)) fid.write("\n") if __name__ == "__main__": save("test.dat", [-55, 55], [30, 100, 160] , u=np.array([[0.7, 1, 1.3], [0.7, 1, 1.3]]).T)