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# Column

class astropy.io.ascii.Column(name)

  Bases: `object`

  Table column.

  The key attributes of a Column object are:

  - name : column name

  - type : column type (NoType, StrType, NumType, FloatType, IntType)

  - dtype : numpy dtype (optional, overrides type if set)

  - str_vals : list of column values as strings

  - fill_values : dict of fill values

  - shape : list of element shape (default [] => scalar)

  - data : list of converted column values

  - subtype : actual datatype for columns serialized with JSON