assemblage_to_ascii

assemblage_to_ascii(assemblage: HereditaryStratigraphicAssemblage, key: bool = True, time_bookends: bool = True) → str

Create an ASCII table representation of HereditaryStratigraphicAssemblage state.

The table is oriented vertically, with the 0th column being rank and subsequent columns representing individual specimens in the assemblage.

Parameters

assemblageHereditaryStratigraphicAssemblage

The HereditaryStratigraphicAssemblage object to be converted.

keybool, default True

Append a legend to the output?

time_bookendsbool, default True

Prepend and append “MOST ANCIENT” and “MOST RECENT” to the table?

Returns

str

The ASCII representation of the HereditaryStratigraphicAssemblage object in tabular format.