sweep_profile_reader.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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# Copyright 2015 Benjamin Kempke
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def readSweepProfile(profile_name):
	#Construct the expected filename corresponding to this profile name
	profile_filename = 'sweep_profiles/' + profile_name + '.sw'

	#Time and frequency arrays for profile return
	profile_times = []
	profile_freqs = []

	#Brute force profile reading
	for line in open(profile_filename):
		cur_row = line.split()
		profile_times.append(float(cur_row[0]))
		profile_freqs.append(float(cur_row[1]))

	#Return the parsed sweep profile
	return (profile_times, profile_freqs)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	#Test out readSweepProfile
	profile_times, profile_freqs = readSweepProfile('rf2_1')

	#Print out the parsed sweep profile to make sure it makes sense!
	for idx in range(len(profile_times)):
		print str(profile_times[idx]) + ", " + str(profile_freqs[idx])