code: def write_table(table, target, tablename=None, ilwdchar_compat=None,
                  **kwargs):
      
      if tablename is None:  # try and get tablename from metadata
          tablename = table.meta.get('tablename', None)
      if tablename is None:  # panic
          raise ValueError("please pass ``tablename=`` to specify the target "
                           "LIGO_LW Table Name")
      try:
          llwtable = table_to_ligolw(
              table,
              tablename,
              ilwdchar_compat=ilwdchar_compat or False,
          )
      except LigolwElementError as exc:
          if ilwdchar_compat is not None:
              raise
          try:
              llwtable = table_to_ligolw(table, tablename, ilwdchar_compat=True)
          except Exception:
              raise exc
      return write_ligolw_tables(target, [llwtable], **kwargs)
docs: Write a `~astropy.table.Table` to file in LIGO_LW XML format
  
      This method will attempt to write in the new `ligo.lw` format
      (if ``ilwdchar_compat`` is ``None`` or ``False``),
      but will fall back to the older `glue.ligolw` (in that order) if that
      fails (if ``ilwdchar_compat`` is ``None`` or ``True``).