span><span class="s">&#39;scalar&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">direction</span> <span class="o">=</span><span class="s">&#39;scalar&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="n">long_name</span><span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">&#39;&#39;</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">associative</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="bp">None</span> <span class="p">):</span>  
    <span class="sd">&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<span class="sd">    Initialisation of Direct