Reading mpt or mpr files with comma as decimal

[NilsBuett]

Hallo Nicolas,

I want to read mpt or mpr Files 'to_df' but due to the german system we are working on our decimal separators are comma. Is there a way to replace all comma with dots during import.

Example:
df = eclabfiles.to_df(filename)

My df type for a comma value is a tuple. For example I have got a value of 2,5V in my df the value is 2,5 but as [2, 5]. Do I need to combine all tuples and convert them to float?

[PeterKraus]

Hello Nils, we've added locale support to the mpt parsers in the maintained version of this extractor, see yadg.

Long story short, if you're extracting a mpt file on the same PC (i.e. the locale of the file and of your PC is consistent), it should just work, using:

from yadg.extractors import extract

dataset = extract(filetype="eclab.mpt", path="your_file.mpt")

Note that this returns an xarray.Dataset, not a pandas.DataFrame, so you have to have xarray installed. If you're extracting on a different machine and the locales might be different, please open an issue in the yadg repo and we can assist you.

[NilsBuett]

I'll give it a try and if it doesn't work, I'll get back to you.

[NilsBuett]

Okay I have opened an issue in the yadg repo, cause it is not working.