Further Examples

Here we will go through the steps involved in analyzing data using hepfile. There are many different tutorials to give as much information as possible! To follow along with these tutorials you can download the corresponding notebook using the github icon in the top right corner of the tutorial. Or, if you’d prefer, you can use the binder link in the README of the github!

Basic Examples

The following tutorials are examples of basic operation of the hepfile software.

• Writing hepfiles from Dictionaries
• Writing a hepfile from Scratch
• Reading hepfiles
  • Reading the Entire File
  • Reading Part of a File
  • Reading into Awkward Arrays
  • Reading into a Dictionary of Pandas DataFrames
• Working with hepfile Metadata and Headers
  • Hepfile Metadata
    • Writing File Level Metadata
    • Reading File Level Metadata
    • Writing Group and Dataset Metadata
    • Reading Group and Dataset Metadata
  • Hepfile Headers
    • Writing Header Information
    • Reading Header Information
    • More advanced headers
• Working with Awkward Arrays
  • Introduction to Awkward Arrays
  • Converting hepfiles to awkward arrays
  • Appending to this awkward array
  • Rewriting the awkward data as a hepfile
• Working with Pandas DataFrames
  • Hepfiles from Pandas DataFrames
  • Pandas DataFrames from hepfiles
  • Working with awkward arrays of hepfiles and pandas dataframes
• Storing Histograms in Hepfiles
  • Generating a Dataset
  • Preparing the Dataset
  • Writing the hepfile

File Conversion Examples

The following tutorials show examples of converting other file types to a hepfile.

• Real Example: Housing Data
• Converting a ROOT File to a hepfile
• Converting JSON Files to Hepfiles
• Converting FITS Files to a hepfile
  • Software Installation and Data Download
  • Exploring the FITS File Structure
  • Storing FITS Files in a hepfile
  • Unpacking FITS data stored in a hepfile