Synopsis
Save a Sherpa data set to a FITS or ASCII file.
Syntax
save_table( [id,] filename )
Description
The save_table command saves a dataset to a FITS or column-based ASCII file. DM ASCII syntax is used to indicate that the output should be ASCII ("ahelp dmascii"). This command has no return value.
- id - the id of the dataset to use; if not given, uses the default dataset id (id=1 by default, see "ahelp get_default_id")
- filename - the output filename, including path
There are several other save commands available: save_image and save_pha are recommended for those datatypes, while save_data allows the user to specify additional output options when saving to an ASCII file (column names, comment character, and separator).
Examples
Example 1
sherpa> save_table("data.fits")Dataset 1 is saved to a FITS file named "data.fits".
Example 2
sherpa> save_table(2, "output.dat[opt kernel=text/simple]")
The DM ASCII syntax is used with save_table to write dataset 2 to a text file.
Bugs
See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.
See Also
- contrib
- save_chart_spectrum, save_marx_spectrum
- data
- dataspace1d, dataspace2d, datastack, fake, load_arf, load_arrays, load_ascii, load_bkg, load_bkg_arf, load_bkg_rmf, load_data, load_grouping, load_image, load_multi_arfs, load_multi_rmfs, load_pha, load_quality, load_rmf, load_staterror, load_syserror, load_table, pack_image, pack_pha, pack_table, unpack_arf, unpack_arrays, unpack_ascii, unpack_bkg, unpack_data, unpack_image, unpack_pha, unpack_rmf, unpack_table
- filtering
- load_filter
- info
- get_default_id, list_bkg_ids, list_data_ids
- modeling
- add_model, add_user_pars, load_table_model, load_template_model, load_user_model, save_model, save_source
- saving
- restore, save, save_all, save_arrays, save_data, save_delchi, save_error, save_filter, save_grouping, save_image, save_pha, save_quality, save_resid, save_staterror, save_syserror, script
- statistics
- load_user_stat