read_field

hcipy.util.read_field(filename, fmt=None)

Read a field from a file.

Parameters:

filenamestring

The path of the file you want to read the field from.

fmtstring

The file format. If it is not given, the file format will be guessed from the file extension.

Returns:

Field

The read field.

Raises:

ValueError

If the file format could not be guessed from the file extension.

NotImplementedError

If the file format was not yet implemented.