def METHOD_NAME(
		fileName,
		selected = None,
		delimiter = '\t',
		header = True,
		headerCommentCharacter = '#',
		labelFormat = '{path}.{field}',
		timeCol = True,
		timeHeader = 'Time',
		fileMode = 'w' ):
	'''
	'''
	import csv
	plots = _selectedPlots( selected )
	if header:
		header = []
		if timeCol:
			header.append( timeHeader )
		for plot in plots:
			header.append( _label( plot, labelFormat ) )
		header[ 0 ] = headerCommentCharacter + header[ 0 ]
	if timeCol:
		plots.insert( 0, _time() )
	with open( fileName, fileMode ) as fout:
		writer = csv.writer( fout, delimiter = delimiter )
		if header:
			writer.writerow( header )
		writer.writerows( list(zip( *plots )) )