FILUM is a Python library which can work with information in files.
The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.
FILUM is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.
FILE_NAME_SEQUENCE, a Python program which demonstrates ways to generate a sequence of filenames that can be used when generating images for an animation.
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