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URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/calgetdata.html
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AHELP for CIAO 3.4 calGetData Context: caldb

Synopsis

Returns the code name stored in the CALDB structure.

Syntax

String_Type calGetData( Caldb_Type cal )

Description

This function returns the value of the "data" field in the CALDB structure. This field contains the name of the item that the CALDB will search for when calFindFile() is called.

Example

  variable cal = calCreateInfo( "img.fits" );
  variable name = calGetData( cal );
  variable file = calFindFile( cal );
  vmessage( "The file for %s is\n%s", name, file );

Bugs

See the bugs page for the caldb library on the CIAO website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: December 2006



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