import timeit from astropy.io import ascii import pandas import numpy as np from astropy.table import Table, Column import cStringIO as StringIO import matplotlib.pyplot as plt %matplotlib inline def make_table(size=10000, n_floats=10, n_ints=0, n_strs=0, float_format=None, str_val=None): if str_val is None: str_val = "abcde12345" cols = [] for i in xrange(n_floats): dat = np.random.uniform(low=1, high=10, size=size) cols.append(Column(dat, name='f{}'.format(i))) for i in xrange(n_ints): dat = np.random.randint(low=-9999999, high=9999999, size=size) cols.append(Column(dat, name='i{}'.format(i))) for i in xrange(n_strs): dat = np.repeat(str_val, size) cols.append(Column(dat, name='s{}'.format(i))) t = Table(cols) if float_format is not None: for col in t.columns.values(): if col.name.startswith('f'): col.format = float_format fh1 = StringIO.StringIO() t.write(fh1, format='ascii') return fh1 def plot_case(n_floats=10, n_ints=0, n_strs=0, float_format=None, str_val=None): global table1 n_rows = (100, 200, 500, 1000, 2000, 5000, 10000, 20000, 50000) # include 50000 for publish run numbers = (10, 10, 5, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1) repeats = (3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 1) times_slow = [] times_fast = [] times_pandas = [] times_genfromtxt = [] for n_row, number, repeat in zip(n_rows, numbers, repeats): table1 = make_table(n_row, n_floats, n_ints, n_strs, float_format) t = timeit.repeat("table1.seek(0); ascii.read(table1, use_fast_reader=False, format='basic', guess=False)", setup='from __main__ import ascii, table1', number=number, repeat=repeat) times_slow.append(min(t) / number) t = timeit.repeat("table1.seek(0); ascii.read(table1, use_fast_reader=True, format='basic', guess=False)", setup='from __main__ import ascii, table1', number=number, repeat=repeat) times_fast.append(min(t) / number) t = timeit.repeat("table1.seek(0); pandas.read_csv(table1, sep=' ', header=0)", setup='from __main__ import table1, pandas', number=number, repeat=repeat) times_pandas.append(min(t) / number) t = timeit.repeat("table1.seek(0); np.genfromtxt(table1, names=True)", setup='from __main__ import table1, np', number=number, repeat=repeat) times_genfromtxt.append(min(t) / number) plt.loglog(n_rows, times_slow, '-ob', label='io.ascii Python') plt.loglog(n_rows, times_fast, '-or', label='io.ascii Fast-c') plt.loglog(n_rows, times_pandas, '-oc', label='Pandas') plt.loglog(n_rows, times_genfromtxt, '-om', label='np.genfromtxt', alpha=0.5) plt.grid() plt.legend(loc='best') plt.title('n_floats={} n_ints={} n_strs={} float_format={}'.format(n_floats, n_ints, n_strs, float_format)) plt.xlabel('Number of rows') plt.ylabel('Time (sec)') print('Fast-C to Python speed ratio: {:.2f} : 1'.format(times_slow[-1] / times_fast[-1])) print('Pandas to Fast-C speed ratio: {:.2f} : 1'.format(times_fast[-1] / times_pandas[-1])) plot_case(n_floats=10, n_ints=0, n_strs=0, float_format=None) plot_case(n_floats=10, n_ints=10, n_strs=10, float_format=None) plot_case(n_floats=10, n_ints=10, n_strs=10, float_format='%.4f') plot_case(n_floats=10, n_ints=0, n_strs=0, float_format='%.4f') plot_case(n_floats=0, n_ints=0, n_strs=10) plot_case(n_floats=0, n_ints=0, n_strs=10, str_val="'asdf asdfa'") plot_case(n_floats=0, n_ints=10, n_strs=0)