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hplc.io.load_chromatogram(fname, cols, delimiter=',', dropna=False)

Parses a file containing a chromatogram and returns it as a Pandas DataFrame.

Parameters:

• fname (str) – The path to the file containing the chromatogram. This must be a text file (i.e. not .xslx!)

• cols (list or dict) – The desired columns present in the file. If provided as a dict, columns will be renamed as key -> value. If not provided, it will be assumed that the chromatogram begins without needing to skip any lines.

• delimiter ('str') – The delimiter character separating columns in the chromatogram.

• dropna (bool) – If True, NaN’s will be dropped from the chromatogram.

Returns:

df – The chromatogram loaded as a Pandas DataFrame with the desired columns.

Return type:

pandas.core.frame.DataFrame