smd-python

Step 1

# load the SMD python package
import SMD
SMD = dreload(SMD)

Step 2

# generate some random test data and identiy the data types
data = SMD.test_data(10)
types = dict([('index', 'int16' ),('values',dict([('C1','float16'), ('C2','int16')]))])

Step 3

# create a representation of a SMD data structure in a python dictionary
data = SMD.create(data,types) 

Data manipulations supported by the SMD-python package

# check that the data diction is valid SMD format
ValidSMD = SMD.isvalid(data)
print(ValidSMD)

# saves a SMD dictionary into valid JSON file
SMD.write_json('TestSave', data)

# load .smd data into a valid SMD python dictionary
data = SMD.read_json('TestSave.smd')

# deep coppy the data sets to be combined
import copy
ds1 = copy.deepcopy(data)
ds2 = copy.deepcopy(data)
ds3 = copy.deepcopy(data)
# merge the data sets using merge_data 
MergedData = SMD.merge_data(ds1, ds2, ds3)