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41<h1><a href="index.html">ASAP</a> 'commands'</h1>
42<pre class="commands">
43ASAP> commands()
44
45 [The scan container]
46 scantable - a container for integrations/scans
47 (can open asap/rpfits/sdfits and ms files)
48 copy - returns a copy of a scan
49 get_scan - gets a specific scan out of a scantable
50 (by name or number)
51 set_selection - set a new subselection of the data
52 get_selection - get the current selection object
53 summary - print info about the scantable contents
54 stats - get specified statistic of the spectra in
55 the scantable
56 stddev - get the standard deviation of the spectra
57 in the scantable
58 get_tsys - get the TSys
59 get_time - get the timestamps of the integrations
60 get_sourcename - get the source names of the scans
61 get_azimuth - get the azimuth of the scans
62 get_elevation - get the elevation of the scans
63 get_parangle - get the parallactic angle of the scans
64 get_unit - get the current unit
65 set_unit - set the abcissa unit to be used from this
66 point on
67 get_abcissa - get the abcissa values and name for a given
68 row (time)
69 set_freqframe - set the frame info for the Spectral Axis
70 (e.g. 'LSRK')
71 set_doppler - set the doppler to be used from this point on
72 set_dirframe - set the frame for the direction on the sky
73 set_instrument - set the instrument name
74 get_fluxunit - get the brightness flux unit
75 set_fluxunit - set the brightness flux unit
76 create_mask - return an mask in the current unit
77 for the given region. The specified regions
78 are NOT masked
79 get_restfreqs - get the current list of rest frequencies
80 set_restfreqs - set a list of rest frequencies
81 flag - flag selected channels in the data
82 save - save the scantable to disk as either 'ASAP'
83 or 'SDFITS'
84 nbeam,nif,nchan,npol - the number of beams/IFs/Pols/Chans
85 nscan - the number of scans in the scantable
86 nrow - te number of spectra in the scantable
87 history - print the history of the scantable
88 get_fit - get a fit which has been stored witnh the data
89 average_time - return the (weighted) time average of a scan
90 or a list of scans
91 average_pol - average the polarisations together.
92 The dimension won't be reduced and
93 all polarisations will contain the
94 averaged spectrum.
95 convert_pol - convert to a different polarisation type
96 auto_quotient - return the on/off quotient with
97 automatic detection of the on/off scans
98 (matched pairs and 1 off - n on)
99 scale, *, / - return a scan scaled by a given factor
100 add, +, - - return a scan with given value added
101 bin - return a scan with binned channels
102 resample - return a scan with resampled channels
103 smooth - return the spectrally smoothed scan
104 poly_baseline - fit a polynomial baseline to all Beams/IFs/Pols
105 auto_poly_baseline - automatically fit a polynomial baseline
106 recalc_azel - recalculate azimuth and elevation based on
107 the pointing
108 gain_el - apply gain-elevation correction
109 opacity - apply opacity correction
110 convert_flux - convert to and from Jy and Kelvin brightness
111 units
112 freq_align - align spectra in frequency frame
113 invert_phase - Invert the phase of the cross-correlation
114 swap_linears - Swap XX and YY
115 rotate_xyphase - rotate XY phase of cross correlation
116 rotate_linpolphase - rotate the phase of the complex
117 polarization O=Q+iU correlation
118 freq_switch - perform frequency switching on the data
119 stats - Determine the specified statistic, e.g. 'min'
120 'max', 'rms' etc.
121 stddev - Determine the standard deviation of the current
122 beam/if/pol
123 [Selection]
124 selector - a selection object to set a subset of a scantable
125 set_scans - set (a list of) scans by index
126 set_cycles - set (a list of) cycles by index
127 set_beams - set (a list of) beamss by index
128 set_ifs - set (a list of) ifs by index
129 set_polarisations - set (a list of) polarisations by name
130 or by index
131 set_names - set a selection by name (wildcards allowed)
132 set_tsys - set a selection by tsys thresholds
133 reset - unset all selections
134 + - merge to selections
135
136 [Math] Mainly functions which operate on more than one scantable
137
138 average_time - return the (weighted) time average
139 of a list of scans
140 quotient - return the on/off quotient
141 simple_math - simple mathematical operations on two scantables,
142 'add', 'sub', 'mul', 'div'
143 [Fitting]
144 fitter
145 auto_fit - return a scan where the function is
146 applied to all Beams/IFs/Pols.
147 commit - return a new scan where the fits have been
148 commited.
149 fit - execute the actual fitting process
150 store_fit - store the fit parameters in the data (scantable)
151 get_chi2 - get the Chi^2
152 set_scan - set the scantable to be fit
153 set_function - set the fitting function
154 set_parameters - set the parameters for the function(s), and
155 set if they should be held fixed during fitting
156 set_gauss_parameters - same as above but specialised for individual
157 gaussian components
158 get_parameters - get the fitted parameters
159 plot - plot the resulting fit and/or components and
160 residual
161 [Plotter]
162 asapplotter - a plotter for asap, default plotter is
163 called 'plotter'
164 plot - plot a scantable
165 save - save the plot to a file ('png' ,'ps' or 'eps')
166 set_mode - set the state of the plotter, i.e.
167 what is to be plotted 'colour stacked'
168 and what 'panelled'
169 set_selection - only plot a selected part of the data
170 set_range - set a 'zoom' window [xmin,xmax,ymin,ymax]
171 set_legend - specify user labels for the legend indeces
172 set_title - specify user labels for the panel indeces
173 set_abcissa - specify a user label for the abcissa
174 set_ordinate - specify a user label for the ordinate
175 set_layout - specify the multi-panel layout (rows,cols)
176 set_colors - specify a set of colours to use
177 set_linestyles - specify a set of linestyles to use if only
178 using one color
179 set_histrogra, - plot in historam style
180 set_mask - set a plotting mask for a specific polarization
181
182 [Reading files]
183 reader - access rpfits/sdfits files
184 open - attach reader to a file
185 close - detach reader from file
186 read - read in integrations
187 summary - list info about all integrations
188
189 [General]
190 commands - this command
191 print - print details about a variable
192 list_scans - list all scantables created bt the user
193 list_files - list all files readable by asap (default rpf)
194 del - delete the given variable from memory
195 range - create a list of values, e.g.
196 range(3) = [0,1,2], range(2,5) = [2,3,4]
197 help - print help for one of the listed functions
198 execfile - execute an asap script, e.g. execfile('myscript')
199 list_rcparameters - print out a list of possible values to be
200 put into $HOME/.asaprc
201 mask_and,mask_or,
202 mask_not - boolean operations on masks created with
203 scantable.create_mask
204
205 Note:
206 How to use this with help:
207 # function 'summary'
208 [xxx] is just a category
209 Every 'sub-level' in this list should be replaces by a '.' Period when
210 using help
211 Example:
212 ASAP> help scantable # to get info on ths scantable
213 ASAP> help scantable.summary # to get help on the scantable's
214 ASAP> help average_time
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