# Initializing the class

Example of typical initialization of `IntelHex` class:

    >>> from intelhex import IntelHex
    >>> ih = IntelHex("foo.hex")

In the second line we are creating an instance of the class. The constructor optionally takes data to initialize the class. This can be the name of the HEX file, a file-like object, a dictionary, or another instance of IntelHex. If specified, this source is automatically read and decoded. Because of the flexibility of file-like objects in Python, objects like sys.stdin can be used.

If the source is another instance of IntelHex, the new object will become a copy of the source. Finally, a Python dictionary may be specified. This dictionary should have keys equal to memory locations and values equal to the data stored in those locations. See the docstrings for more details.