:py:mod:`python.odpy.iopar`
===========================

.. py:module:: python.odpy.iopar

.. autoapi-nested-parse::

   Copyright  (C) dGB Beheer B.V.; (LICENSE) http://opendtect.org/OpendTect_license.txt
     * AUTHOR   : Bert
     * DATE     : August 2018

   IOPar tools
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Module Contents
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Functions
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.. autoapisummary::

   python.odpy.iopar.read_line
   python.odpy.iopar.read_from_iopar



.. py:function:: read_line(words)

   Interprets one line from an IOPar (ascii) file

   Parameters:
     * words (string): One line as read from an open text file

   Returns:
     * tuple of two key,val strings interpreted from the input line
   Everything right of the first colon is part of the value string
   val can be an empty string



.. py:function:: read_from_iopar(fnm, searchkey)

   Return the value of a key from an OpendTect IOPar text file

   Parameters:
     * fnm (string): Full path to an OpendTect IOPar (ascii) file
     * searchkey (string): Key in the IOPar for which the value string
       is requested

   Returns:
     * str: If the searchkey is present in the file, value string the corresponds
   to it. Can be an empty string. None or empty string otherwise.