# datExtract module

This script should be executed from the directory that contains .dat files generated by Abaqus CAE during analysis. It can be used to extract the critical buckling load values from each analysis `.dat` file and then store them within a single `.dat` file.

`datExtract.``eigenvals`(path)

  This function extracts all the eigenvalues from the list of .dat files and saves them into a single .dat file

  Parameters: | path (str) – path to the .dat files generated by Abaqus CAE
  Returns: | list of eigenvalues
  Return type: | list