Allow pandas.DataFrame table and 1D/2D numpy array inputs into pygmt.info

pygmt/modules.py

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def grdinfo(grid, **kwargs):
 
 @fmt_docstring
 @use_alias(C="per_column", I="spacing", T="nearest_multiple")
-def info(fname, **kwargs):
+def info(table, **kwargs):
     """
     Get information about data tables.
 
@@ -74,8 +74,8 @@ def info(fname, **kwargs):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    fname : str
-        The file name of the input data table file.
+    table : pandas.DataFrame or str
+        Either a pandas dataframe or a file name to an ASCII data table.
     per_column : bool
         Report the min/max values per column in separate columns.
     spacing : str
@@ -88,14 +88,24 @@ def info(fname, **kwargs):
         Report the min/max of the first (0'th) column to the nearest multiple
         of dz and output this as the string *-Tzmin/zmax/dz*.
     """
-    if not isinstance(fname, str):
-        raise GMTInvalidInput("'info' only accepts file names.")
+    kind = data_kind(table)
+    with Session() as lib:
+        if kind == "file":
+            file_context = dummy_context(table)
+        elif kind == "matrix":
+            if not hasattr(table, "values"):
+                raise GMTInvalidInput(f"Unrecognized data type: {type(table)}")
+            file_context = lib.virtualfile_from_matrix(table.values)
+        else:
+            raise GMTInvalidInput(f"Unrecognized data type: {type(table)}")
 
-    with GMTTempFile() as tmpfile:
-        arg_str = " ".join([fname, build_arg_string(kwargs), "->" + tmpfile.name])
-        with Session() as lib:
-            lib.call_module("info", arg_str)
-        return tmpfile.read()
+        with GMTTempFile() as tmpfile:
+            with file_context as fname:
+                arg_str = " ".join(
+                    [fname, build_arg_string(kwargs), "->" + tmpfile.name]
+                )
+                lib.call_module("info", arg_str)
+            return tmpfile.read()
 
 
 @fmt_docstring

pygmt/tests/test_info.py

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 import os
 
 import numpy as np
+import pandas as pd
 import pytest
+import xarray as xr
 
 from .. import info
 from ..exceptions import GMTInvalidInput
@@ -14,8 +16,8 @@
 
 
 def test_info():
-    "Make sure info works"
-    output = info(fname=POINTS_DATA)
+    "Make sure info works on file name inputs"
+    output = info(table=POINTS_DATA)
     expected_output = (
         f"{POINTS_DATA}: N = 20 "
         "<11.5309/61.7074> "
@@ -25,33 +27,46 @@ def test_info():
     assert output == expected_output
 
 
+def test_info_dataframe():
+    "Make sure info works on pandas.DataFrame inputs"
+    table = pd.read_csv(POINTS_DATA, sep=" ", header=None)
+    output = info(table=table)
+    expected_output = (
+        "<matrix memory>: N = 20 <11.5309/61.7074> <-2.9289/7.8648> <0.1412/0.9338>\n"
+    )
+    assert output == expected_output
+
+
 def test_info_per_column():
     "Make sure the per_column option works"
-    output = info(fname=POINTS_DATA, per_column=True)
+    output = info(table=POINTS_DATA, per_column=True)
     assert output == "11.5309 61.7074 -2.9289 7.8648 0.1412 0.9338\n"
 
 
 def test_info_spacing():
     "Make sure the spacing option works"
-    output = info(fname=POINTS_DATA, spacing=0.1)
+    output = info(table=POINTS_DATA, spacing=0.1)
     assert output == "-R11.5/61.8/-3/7.9\n"
 
 
 def test_info_per_column_spacing():
     "Make sure the per_column and spacing options work together"
-    output = info(fname=POINTS_DATA, per_column=True, spacing=0.1)
+    output = info(table=POINTS_DATA, per_column=True, spacing=0.1)
     assert output == "11.5 61.8 -3 7.9 0.1412 0.9338\n"
 
 
 def test_info_nearest_multiple():
     "Make sure the nearest_multiple option works"
-    output = info(fname=POINTS_DATA, nearest_multiple=0.1)
+    output = info(table=POINTS_DATA, nearest_multiple=0.1)
     assert output == "-T11.5/61.8/0.1\n"
 
 
 def test_info_fails():
-    "Make sure info raises an exception if not given a file name"
+    """
+    Make sure info raises an exception if not given a file name or pandas
+    DataFrame
+    """
     with pytest.raises(GMTInvalidInput):
-        info(fname=21)
+        info(table=xr.DataArray(21))
     with pytest.raises(GMTInvalidInput):
-        info(fname=np.arange(20))
+        info(table=np.arange(20))