pyiron_base.storage.fileio.read

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pyiron_base.storage.fileio.read#

pyiron_base.storage.fileio.read(file_name: str) Dict | List[source]#

Read data from a file.

Format is determined from the file extension as follows - yaml: .yaml, .yml

Parameters:

file_name (str) – file name, extension defines which format is used

Returns:

nested dict/list

Return type:

Union[Dict, List]

Raises:

ValueError – if given filename doesn’t have one of the specified extensions