col_to_ascii

col_to_ascii(column: HereditaryStratigraphicColumn, discarded_strata: bool = True, key: bool = True, time_bookends: bool = True) → str

Create an ASCII table representation of HereditaryStratigraphicColumn state.

Parameters

columnHereditaryStratigraphicColumn

The HereditaryStratigraphicColumn object to be converted.

discarded_stratabool, default True

Include discarded strata in the output?

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 HereditaryStratigraphicColumn object in tabular format.