Add a separator argument that goes with the rips_complex_diagram_persistence_from_distance_matrix_file_example input file

Specify explicitly the separator when using a specific input file

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/python/example/rips_complex_diagram_persistence_from_distance_matrix_file_example.py b/src/python/example/rips_complex_diagram_persistence_from_distance_matrix_file_example.py
index 9320d904..8a9cc857 100755
--- a/src/python/example/rips_complex_diagram_persistence_from_distance_matrix_file_example.py
+++ b/src/python/example/rips_complex_diagram_persistence_from_distance_matrix_file_example.py
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
     description="RipsComplex creation from " "a distance matrix read in a csv file.",
     epilog="Example: "
     "example/rips_complex_diagram_persistence_from_distance_matrix_file_example.py "
-    "-f ../data/distance_matrix/lower_triangular_distance_matrix.csv -e 12.0 -d 3"
+    "-f ../data/distance_matrix/lower_triangular_distance_matrix.csv -s , -e 12.0 -d 3"
     "- Constructs a Rips complex with the "
     "distance matrix from the given csv file.",
 )
 parser.add_argument("-f", "--file", type=str, required=True)
+parser.add_argument("-s", "--separator", type=str, required=True)
 parser.add_argument("-e", "--max_edge_length", type=float, default=0.5)
 parser.add_argument("-d", "--max_dimension", type=int, default=1)
 parser.add_argument("-b", "--band", type=float, default=0.0)
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ print("RipsComplex creation from distance matrix read in a csv file")
 message = "RipsComplex with max_edge_length=" + repr(args.max_edge_length)
 print(message)
 
-distance_matrix = gudhi.read_lower_triangular_matrix_from_csv_file(csv_file=args.file, separator=',')
+distance_matrix = gudhi.read_lower_triangular_matrix_from_csv_file(csv_file=args.file, separator=args.separator)
 rips_complex = gudhi.RipsComplex(
     distance_matrix=distance_matrix, max_edge_length=args.max_edge_length
 )