[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1071: loadtxt fails if the last column contains empty value

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#1071: loadtxt fails if the last column contains empty value
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 Reporter:  Electrion            |       Owner:  somebody    
     Type:  defect               |      Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  normal               |   Milestone:  1.6.0       
Component:  numpy.lib            |     Version:  devel       
 Keywords:  loadtxt ascii strip  |  
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Comment(by bsouthey):

 This ticket is invalid because the loadtxt docstring clearly states:
 {{{
 Each row in the text file must have the same number of values.
 }}}
 Here ''values'' means having the same type throughout the input. That is
 you can not mix integers, floats and strings:

 {{
 >>> c = StringIO("0 1\n2 3")
 >>> np.loadtxt(c)
 array([[ 0.,  1.],
        [ 2.,  3.]])
 >>> d = StringIO("0 '1'\n2 '3'")
 >>> np.loadtxt(d)
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/numpy/lib/npyio.py", line 783,
 in loadtxt
     items = [conv(val) for (conv, val) in zip(converters, vals)]
 ValueError: could not convert string to float: '1'

 }}

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