GridDataFormats 1.1.1rc0
Reading and writing of data on regular grids in Python
Requires Python: >=3.11
Keywords: science, array, density

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The **GridDataFormats** package provides classes to unify reading and
writing n-dimensional datasets. One can read grid data from files,
make them available as a `Grid`_ object, and write out the data again.

Availability
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The package is licensed under the LGPL, v3 (see files COPYING_ and
`COPYING.LESSER`_) and is available 

* from the Python Package Index under the name `GridDataFormats`_
* as a conda package from the *conda-forge* channel, `conda-forge/griddataformats`_ 
* in source from the GitHub repository https://github.com/MDAnalysis/GridDataFormats

.. _GridDataFormats:
   https://pypi.python.org/pypi/GridDataFormats
.. _`conda-forge/griddataformats`:
   https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/griddataformats
.. _COPYING:
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MDAnalysis/GridDataFormats/master/COPYING
.. _`COPYING.LESSER`:
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MDAnalysis/GridDataFormats/master/COPYING.LESSER
.. _Grid:
   https://www.mdanalysis.org/GridDataFormats/gridData/core.html#gridData.core.Grid

Installation
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Installing GridDataFormats with ``pip``
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Install with `pip`_::

  pip install gridDataFormats

.. _pip: https://pip.pypa.io/


Installing GridDataFormats with ``conda``
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Installing *GridDataFormats* from the *conda-forge* channel can be
achieved by adding "conda-forge" to your channels with::

    conda config --add channels conda-forge

Once the *conda-forge* channel has been enabled, *GridDataFormats* can
be installed with::

    conda install griddataformats



Documentation
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For the latest docs see the `GridDataFormats docs`_. (Multiple
versions of the docs are also available at
`griddataformats.readthedocs.org`_.)


.. _GridDataFormats docs:
   https://www.mdanalysis.org/GridDataFormats
.. _`griddataformats.readthedocs.org`:
   https://griddataformats.readthedocs.org


Contributing
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Please use the `issue tracker`_ for bugs and questions.

**GridDataFormats** is open source and contributions are
welcome. Please fork the repository and submit a `pull request`_.

.. _issue tracker:
   https://github.com/MDAnalysis/GridDataFormats/issues
.. _pull request:
   https://github.com/MDAnalysis/GridDataFormats/pulls

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