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get_cellnumbers_from_confile¶

simrun.utils.get_cellnumbers_from_confile(confile)¶

Get the amount of cells of each type from a confile.

get_cellnumbers_from_confile() reads the confile and returns (alongisde the anatomical ID, here unused) a dictionary of the format:

{cell\_type: [(cellType, cellID, synID), ...]}

This method fetches the cellID of the last cell each cell type and adds 1 to infer the amount of cells of that type.

Parameters:¶

confile (str) – The path to the .con file.

Returns:¶

A dictionary of the format {"cell\_type": amount\_of\_cells}

Return type:¶

dict