Changeset 116

Timestamp:

12/01/04 13:47:09 (20 years ago)

Author:

mar637

Message:

Added SDFITS writing.

Location:

trunk/python

Files:

• __init__.py (modified) (1 diff)
• scantable.py (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/python/__init__.py

@@ -48 +48 @@
             set_restfreqs   - give a list of rest frequencies
             flag_spectrum   - flag a whole Beam/IF/Pol
-            save            - save the scantable to disk
+            save            - save the scantable to disk as either 'ASAP'
+                              or 'SDFITS'
             nbeam,nif,nchan,npol - the number of beams/IFs/Pols/Chans 
     [Math]

trunk/python/scantable.py

@@ -19 +19 @@
         self._p = None
         sdtable.__init__(self, filename)
+
+    def save(self, name, format='ASAP'):
+        """
+        Store the scantable on disk. This can be a asap file or SDFITS/MS2.
+        Parameters:
+            name:        the name of the outputfile
+            format:      an optional file format. Default is ASAP.
+                         Alllowed are 'ASAP', 'SDFITS' and 'MS2'
+        Example:
+            scan.save('myscan.asap')
+            scan.save('myscan.sdfits','SDFITS')
+        """
+        if format == 'ASAP':
+            self._save(name)
+        else:
+            from asap._asap import sdwriter as _sw
+            w = _sw()
+            if format == 'SDFITS':
+                w.write(self, name)
+        return
 
     def _verbose(self, *args):