@spiceErrorCheck<EOL>def ekrcec(handle, segno, recno, column, lenout, nelts=_SPICE_EK_EKRCEX_ROOM_DEFAULT):
handle = ctypes.c_int(handle)<EOL>segno = ctypes.c_int(segno)<EOL>recno = ctypes.c_int(recno)<EOL>column = stypes.stringToCharP(column)<EOL>lenout = ctypes.c_int(lenout)<EOL>nvals = ctypes.c_int()<EOL>cvals = stypes.emptyCharArray(yLen=nelts, xLen=lenout)<EOL>isnull = ctypes.c_int()<EOL>libspice.ekrcec_c(handle, segno, recno, column, lenout, ctypes.byref(nvals), ctypes.byref(cvals), ctypes.byref(isnull))<EOL>assert failed() or (nvals.value <= nelts)<EOL>return nvals.value, stypes.cVectorToPython(cvals)[:nvals.value], bool(isnull.value)<EOL>
Read data from a character column in a specified EK record.

http://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/pub/naif/toolkit_docs/C/cspice/ekrcec_c.html

:param handle: Handle attached to EK file.
:type handle: int
:param segno: Index of segment containing record.
:type segno: int
:param recno: Record from which data is to be read.
:type recno: int
:param column: Column name.
:type column: str
:param lenout: Maximum length of output strings.
:type lenout: int
:param nelts: Number of elements to allow for (default=100)
:type nelts: int
:return:
        Number of values in column entry,
        Character values in column entry,
        Flag indicating whether column entry is null.
:rtype: tuple