Data.save

Data.save(filename=None, as_loaded=None, filetype=False, **kwargs)

Save a string representation of the current self object into the file ‘filename’.

Parameters:

self (Data) – Data object to work with if not being used as a bound method.

Keyword Arguments:

• filename (string, bool or None) – Filename to save data as, if this is None then the current filename for the object is used. If this is not set, then then a file dialog is used. If filename is False then a file dialog is forced.

• as_loaded (bool,str) – If True, then the Loaded as key is inspected to see what the original class of the self was and then this class’ save method is used to save the data. If a str then the keyword value is interpreted as the name of a subclass of the the current self.

• filetype (bool) – Fallback is as_loaded is not provided.

• **kwargs – Other keyword arguments are ignored.

Returns:

self – The current self object