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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/get_coord.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 get_coord Context: sherpa

Synopsis

Module function to retrieve the current coordinate setting for 2-D image data.

Syntax

String_Type get_coord([Integer_Type])

Error Return Value: NULL

Arguments:

(1) data set number (default 1)

Description

The get_coord() function retrieves a string indicating the coordinate setting for the specified dataset. For Sherpa version 3.0.2, the possible return values are "logical" (equivalent to image), "physical", or "world" (equivalent to wcs).

Example

sherpa> data example.fits
sherpa> coord 1 physical
sherpa> get_coord()
physical
sherpa>

Bugs

See the Sherpa bug pages online for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

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Last modified: December 2006



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