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@@ -1088,12 +1088,10 @@ def loadtxt(fname, dtype=float, comments='#', delimiter=None,
The string used to separate values. For backwards compatibility, byte
strings will be decoded as 'latin1'. The default is whitespace.
converters : dict or callable, optional
- A function to parse all columns strings into the desired value, or
- a dictionary mapping column number to a parser function.
- E.g. if column 0 is a date string: ``converters = {0: datestr2num}``.
- Converters can also be used to provide a default value for missing
- data, e.g. ``converters = lambda s: float(s.strip() or 0)`` will
- convert empty fields to 0.
+ Converter functions to customize value parsing. If `converters` is
+ callable, the function is applied to all columns, else it must be a
+ dict that maps column number to a parser function.
+ See examples for further details.
Default: None.
.. versionchanged:: 1.23.0