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+""" spikes.py
+
+Module containing several function to load and transform spike trains
+
+Copyright 2014, Mario Mulansky <mario.mulansky@gmx.net>
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+
+def spike_train_from_string(s, sep=' '):
+    """ Converts a string of times into a SpikeTrain object.
+    Params:
+    - s: the string with (ordered) spike times
+    - sep: The separator between the time numbers.
+    Returns:
+    - array of spike times
+    """
+    return np.fromstring(s, sep=sep)