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+    "graph.goal": "ascii.qdp Table format assumes QDP commands are upper case\n### Description\n\nascii.qdp assumes that commands in a QDP file are upper case, for example, for errors they must be \"READ SERR 1 2\" whereas QDP itself is not case sensitive and case use \"read serr 1 2\". \r\n\r\nAs many QDP files are created by hand, the expectation that all commands be all-caps should be removed.\n\n### Expected behavior\n\nThe following qdp file should read into a `Table` with errors, rather than crashing.\r\n```\r\nread serr 1 2 \r\n1 0.5 1 0.5\r\n```\n\n### How to Reproduce\n\nCreate a QDP file:\r\n```\r\n> cat > test.qdp\r\nread serr 1 2 \r\n1 0.5 1 0.5\r\n<EOF>\r\n\r\n > python\r\nPython 3.10.9 (main, Dec  7 2022, 02:03:23) [Clang 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.30)] on darwin\r\nType \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.\r\n>>> from astropy.table import Table\r\n>>> Table.read('test.qdp',format='ascii.qdp')\r\nWARNING: table_id not specified. Reading the first available table [astropy.io.ascii.qdp]\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n...\r\n    raise ValueError(f'Unrecognized QDP line: {line}')\r\nValueError: Unrecognized QDP line: read serr 1 2\r\n```\r\n\r\nRunning \"qdp test.qdp\" works just fine.\r\n\n\n### Versions\n\nPython 3.10.9 (main, Dec  7 2022, 02:03:23) [Clang 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.30)]\r\nastropy 5.1\r\nNumpy 1.24.1\r\npyerfa 2.0.0.1\r\nScipy 1.10.0\r\nMatplotlib 3.6.3\r\n\n\n\n\n## Additional Context\n\nWelcome to Astropy 👋 and thank you for your first issue!\n\nA project member will respond to you as soon as possible; in the meantime, please double-check the [guidelines for submitting issues](https://github.com/astropy/astropy/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#reporting-issues) and make sure you've provided the requested details.\n\nGitHub issues in the Astropy repository are used to track bug reports and feature requests; If your issue poses a question about how to use Astropy, please instead raise your question in the [Astropy Discourse user forum](https://community.openastronomy.org/c/astropy/8) and close this issue.\n\nIf you feel that this issue has not been responded to in a timely manner, please send a message directly to the [development mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/astropy-dev).  If the issue is urgent or sensitive in nature (e.g., a security vulnerability) please send an e-mail directly to the private e-mail feedback@astropy.org.\nHuh, so we do have this format... https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/io/ascii/index.html\r\n\r\n@taldcroft , you know anything about this?\nThis is the format I'm using, which has the issue: https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/api/astropy.io.ascii.QDP.html\r\n\nThe issue is that the regex that searches for QDP commands is not case insensitive. \r\n\r\nThis attached patch fixes the issue, but I'm sure there's a better way of doing it.\r\n\r\n[qdp.patch](https://github.com/astropy/astropy/files/10667923/qdp.patch)\r\n\n@jak574 - the fix is probably as simple as that. Would you like to put in a bugfix PR?",
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+    "current.preamble": "Goal: ascii.qdp Table format assumes QDP commands are upper case\n### Description\n\nascii.qdp assumes that commands in a QDP file are upper case, for example, for errors they must be \"READ SERR 1 2\" whereas QDP itself is not case sensitive and case use \"read serr 1 2\". \r\n\r\nAs many QDP files are created by hand, the expectation that all commands be all-caps should be removed.\n\n### Expected behavior\n\nThe following qdp file should read into a `Table` with errors, rather than crashing.\r\n```\r\nread serr 1 2 \r\n1 0.5 1 0.5\r\n```\n\n### How to Reproduce\n\nCreate a QDP file:\r\n```\r\n> cat > test.qdp\r\nread serr 1 2 \r\n1 0.5 1 0.5\r\n<EOF>\r\n\r\n > python\r\nPython 3.10.9 (main, Dec  7 2022, 02:03:23) [Clang 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.30)] on darwin\r\nType \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.\r\n>>> from astropy.table import Table\r\n>>> Table.read('test.qdp',format='ascii.qdp')\r\nWARNING: table_id not specified. Reading the first available table [astropy.io.ascii.qdp]\r\nTraceback (most recent call last):\r\n...\r\n    raise ValueError(f'Unrecognized QDP line: {line}')\r\nValueError: Unrecognized QDP line: read serr 1 2\r\n```\r\n\r\nRunning \"qdp test.qdp\" works just fine.\r\n\n\n### Versions\n\nPython 3.10.9 (main, Dec  7 2022, 02:03:23) [Clang 13.0.0 (clang-1300.0.29.30)]\r\nastropy 5.1\r\nNumpy 1.24.1\r\npyerfa 2.0.0.1\r\nScipy 1.10.0\r\nMatplotlib 3.6.3\r\n\n\n\n\n## Additional Context\n\nWelcome to Astropy 👋 and thank you for your first issue!\n\nA project member will respond to you as soon as possible; in the meantime, please double-check the [guidelines for submitting issues](https://github.com/astropy/astropy/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#reporting-issues) and make sure you've provided the requested details.\n\nGitHub issues in the Astropy repository are used to track bug reports and feature requests; If your issue poses a question about how to use Astropy, please instead raise your question in the [Astropy Discourse user forum](https://community.openastronomy.org/c/astropy/8) and close this issue.\n\nIf you feel that this issue has not been responded to in a timely manner, please send a message directly to the [development mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/astropy-dev).  If the issue is urgent or sensitive in nature (e.g., a security vulnerability) please send an e-mail directly to the private e-mail feedback@astropy.org.\nHuh, so we do have this format... https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/io/ascii/index.html\r\n\r\n@taldcroft , you know anything about this?\nThis is the format I'm using, which has the issue: https://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/api/astropy.io.ascii.QDP.html\r\n\nThe issue is that the regex that searches for QDP commands is not case insensitive. \r\n\r\nThis attached patch fixes the issue, but I'm sure there's a better way of doing it.\r\n\r\n[qdp.patch](https://github.com/astropy/astropy/files/10667923/qdp.patch)\r\n\n@jak574 - the fix is probably as simple as that. Would you like to put in a bugfix PR?\n",
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