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Update MultiHeaderMixin header formatting to match HeaderMixin formatting #544

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multiheader wr_header_file formatting fixes
briangow Jun 23, 2025
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add header preprocessing to function
briangow Oct 13, 2025
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38 changes: 23 additions & 15 deletions wfdb/io/_header.py
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Expand Up @@ -236,6 +236,25 @@ def get_write_subset(self, spec_type):

return write_fields

def preprocess_header(self, field):
"""
Get and process the fields as needed before writing
"""
string_field = str(getattr(self, field))

# Certain fields need extra processing
if field == "fs" and isinstance(self.fs, float):
if round(self.fs, 8) == float(int(self.fs)):
string_field = str(int(self.fs))
elif field == "base_time" and "." in string_field:
string_field = string_field.rstrip("0")
elif field == "base_date":
string_field = "/".join(
(string_field[8:], string_field[5:7], string_field[:4])
)

return string_field


class HeaderMixin(BaseHeaderMixin):
"""
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -534,19 +553,7 @@ def wr_header_file(self, rec_write_fields, sig_write_fields, write_dir):
for field in RECORD_SPECS.index:
# If the field is being used, add it with its delimiter
if field in rec_write_fields:
string_field = str(getattr(self, field))

# Certain fields need extra processing
if field == "fs" and isinstance(self.fs, float):
if round(self.fs, 8) == float(int(self.fs)):
string_field = str(int(self.fs))
elif field == "base_time" and "." in string_field:
string_field = string_field.rstrip("0")
elif field == "base_date":
string_field = "/".join(
(string_field[8:], string_field[5:7], string_field[:4])
)

string_field = self.preprocess_header(field)
record_line += (
RECORD_SPECS.loc[field, "delimiter"] + string_field
)
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -756,8 +763,9 @@ def wr_header_file(self, write_fields, write_dir):
for field in RECORD_SPECS.index:
# If the field is being used, add it with its delimiter
if field in write_fields:
record_line += RECORD_SPECS.loc[field, "delimiter"] + str(
getattr(self, field)
string_field = self.preprocess_header(field)
record_line += (
RECORD_SPECS.loc[field, "delimiter"] + string_field
)

header_lines = [record_line]
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