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# FixedWidth

class astropy.io.ascii.FixedWidth(col_starts=None, col_ends=None, delimiter_pad=' ', bookend=True, header_rows=None)

  Bases: `Basic`

  Fixed width table with single header line defining column names and positions.

  Examples:

      # Bar delimiter in header and data

      |  Col1 |   Col2      |  Col3 |
      |  1.2  | hello there |     3 |
      |  2.4  | many words  |     7 |

      # Bar delimiter in header only

      Col1 |   Col2      | Col3
      1.2    hello there    3
      2.4    many words     7

      # No delimiter with column positions specified as input

      Col1       Col2Col3
       1.2hello there   3
       2.4many words    7

  See the Fixed-Width Gallery for specific usage examples.