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# get_reader

`astropy.io.ascii.``get_reader`(Reader=None, Inputter=None, Outputter=None, **kwargs)

  Initialize a table reader allowing for common customizations. Most of the default behavior for various parameters is determined by the Reader class.

  Parameters:

  Reader : `BaseReader`

  > Reader class (DEPRECATED) (default= `Basic`)

  Inputter : `BaseInputter`

  > Inputter class

  Outputter : `BaseOutputter`

  > Outputter class

  delimiter : str

  > Column delimiter string

  comment : str

  > Regular expression defining a comment line in table

  quotechar : str

  > One-character string to quote fields containing special characters

  header_start : int

  > Line index for the header line not counting comment or blank lines. A line with only whitespace is considered blank.

  data_start : int

  > Line index for the start of data not counting comment or blank lines. A line with only whitespace is considered blank.

  data_end : int

  > Line index for the end of data not counting comment or blank lines. This value can be negative to count from the end.

  converters : dict

  > Dictionary of converters

  data_Splitter : `BaseSplitter`

  > Splitter class to split data columns

  header_Splitter : `BaseSplitter`

  > Splitter class to split header columns

  names : list

  > List of names corresponding to each data column

  include_names : list

  > List of names to include in output (default= `None` selects all names)

  exclude_names : list

  > List of names to exclude from output (applied after `include_names`)

  fill_values : dict

  > specification of fill values for bad or missing table values

  fill_include_names : list

  > List of names to include in fill_values (default= `None` selects all names)

  fill_exclude_names : list

  > List of names to exclude from fill_values (applied after `fill_include_names`)

  Returns:

  reader : `BaseReader` subclass

  > ASCII format reader instance