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Last modified: December 2006

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

Synopsis

Returns the name of the telescope stored in the CALDB structure.

Syntax

String_Type calGetTelescope( Caldb_Type cal )

Description

This function returns the value of the telescope field in the CALDB structure.

Example

  variable cal = calCreateInfo( "evt.fits" );
  variable tel = calGetTelescope( cal );
  if ( 0 != strcmp( "CHANDRA", tel ) )
    error( "The file evt.fits is not a Chandra data 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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