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sdfits__define.pro

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FITS

Last modification date:

Thu Jun 2 23:56:08 2005

This class has all the same functionality as its superclass FITS, but contains specail handling for known characteristics of sdfits files, for example what columns to expect in an extension.

Fields inherited from FITS:

string   FILE_NAME longword integer   NUM_EXTENSIONS pointer   EXTENSION_NAMES pointer   EXTENSION_TYPES pointer   AXIS object reference   PRIMARY_HEADER object reference   EXT_HEADER longword integer   PROPERTIES_KNOWN longword integer   DEBUG string   VERSION

Routine Summary  16 routines

procedure sdfits__define
This class has all the same functionality as its superclass FITS, but contains specail handling for known characteristics of sdfits files, for example what columns to expect in an extension.

function SDFITS::get_sdfits_version_number()
Returns the sdfits program version used to create this file

function SDFITS::get_sdfits_version()
Returns the sdfits program version used to create this file

procedure SDFITS::create_sdfits_file, file_name
Creates a new blank fits file, with primary header info tagged for Green Bank

function SDFITS::get_extension_data_size(extension)
Retrives the size of the DATA column in given extension

function SDFITS::get_last_extension_data_size()	private
Retrieves the size of the DATA column for the last extension

function SDFITS::get_virtual_columns(header, non_virtual_list)	private
Retrives the keywords from a header that do not define the columns of the extension

function SDFITS::string_in_list(str, list)	private
Deprecated.

function SDFITS::get_and_eval_rows(missing, virtuals, row_nums, [ext=long], [/all_rows], no_data=no_data)
Retrieves rows from an sdfits file, and finds what columsn are missing, and what the important keywords are in the header

function SDFITS::get_missing_columns(present)
Finds what the missing columns are in a list of columns found in an sdfits file

function SDFITS::get_expected_col_names()
Retrives the names of columns expected to be found in an sdfits file

function SDFITS::check_sdfits_properties(file_name=file_name, verbose=verbose)
Checks sdfits file of this object (or of keyword) to see if it meets certain criteria: does it exist? does it have more then one extension? Is the last extension binary and of type 'SINGLE DISH'? keyword file_name {in}{optional}{type=string} file to check keword verbose {in}{optional}{type=boolean} print details when error found?

function SDFITS::exclude_data(rowStruct)
Takes in a structure representing an sdfits row, and returns the same structure, minus the DATA field

function SDFITS::mrdfits_exclude_data(file_name, ext, hdr)
Reads in sdfits file in chunks, and avoids the DATA column, thus saving memory and increasing performance.

function SDFITS::get_sdfits_row_sizes()	private
Returns sizes needed for ASCII columns in sdfits.

function SDFITS::define_sdfits_row(data_points)
Defines an anonymous structure that mirrors a row in an sdfits file, version 1.

Routine Details

sdfits__define

procedure sdfits__define

This class has all the same functionality as its superclass FITS, but contains specail handling for known characteristics of sdfits files, for example what columns to expect in an extension.

Inherits

fits

SDFITS::get_sdfits_version_number

function SDFITS::get_sdfits_version_number()

Returns the sdfits program version used to create this file

Returns

'1.1' if there any problems, other wise, value of SDFITVER keyword

SDFITS::get_sdfits_version

function SDFITS::get_sdfits_version()

Returns the sdfits program version used to create this file

Returns

'sdfits ver 1.1' if there any problems, other wise, value of SDFITVER keyword

SDFITS::create_sdfits_file

procedure SDFITS::create_sdfits_file, file_name

Creates a new blank fits file, with primary header info tagged for Green Bank

Uses

fxhmake fxwrite fxhmodify

SDFITS::get_extension_data_size

function SDFITS::get_extension_data_size(extension)

Retrives the size of the DATA column in given extension

Parameters
extension in, required long	extension number (1-based) for which data column length is needed @ returns length of DATA column for given extension

SDFITS::get_last_extension_data_size

private

function SDFITS::get_last_extension_data_size()

Retrieves the size of the DATA column for the last extension

Returns

size of DATA column

SDFITS::get_virtual_columns

private

function SDFITS::get_virtual_columns(header, non_virtual_list)

Retrives the keywords from a header that do not define the columns of the extension

Returns

structure represneting the keywords-value pairs found

SDFITS::string_in_list

private

function SDFITS::string_in_list(str, list)

Deprecated.

Parameters
str	.
list	.

SDFITS::get_and_eval_rows

function SDFITS::get_and_eval_rows(missing, virtuals, row_nums, [ext=long], [/all_rows], no_data=no_data)

Retrieves rows from an sdfits file, and finds what columsn are missing, and what the important keywords are in the header

Returns

array of structures representing the rows read in from sdfits extension

Uses

mredfits SDFITS::get_virtual_columns SDFITS::get_missing_columns

SDFITS::get_missing_columns

function SDFITS::get_missing_columns(present)

Finds what the missing columns are in a list of columns found in an sdfits file

Returns

those columns that were expected but not found

Uses

SDFITS::get_expected_col_names

SDFITS::get_expected_col_names

function SDFITS::get_expected_col_names()

Retrives the names of columns expected to be found in an sdfits file

Returns

expected column names

Uses

SDFITS::define_sdfits_row

SDFITS::check_sdfits_properties

function SDFITS::check_sdfits_properties(file_name=file_name, verbose=verbose)

Checks sdfits file of this object (or of keyword) to see if it meets certain criteria: does it exist? does it have more then one extension? Is the last extension binary and of type 'SINGLE DISH'? keyword file_name {in}{optional}{type=string} file to check keword verbose {in}{optional}{type=boolean} print details when error found?

Returns

0,1

SDFITS::exclude_data

function SDFITS::exclude_data(rowStruct)

Takes in a structure representing an sdfits row, and returns the same structure, minus the DATA field

Returns

identical sturcture to that passed in, minus the DATA field

SDFITS::mrdfits_exclude_data

function SDFITS::mrdfits_exclude_data(file_name, ext, hdr)

Reads in sdfits file in chunks, and avoids the DATA column, thus saving memory and increasing performance. For use when reading in entire sdfits file just for header information (i.e. index file creation).

Returns

array of structures represnting the rows of the sdfits extension read, minus the DATA column

SDFITS::get_sdfits_row_sizes

private

function SDFITS::get_sdfits_row_sizes()

Returns sizes needed for ASCII columns in sdfits. Problems: this exists here AND in IO_SDFITS_WRITER.

Returns

structure with sizes for ASCII columsn in sdfits

SDFITS::define_sdfits_row

function SDFITS::define_sdfits_row(data_points)

Defines an anonymous structure that mirrors a row in an sdfits file, version 1.2. Must be anonymos so that the DATA columns length can be defined at run-time. Problems: this exists here AND in IO_SDFITS_WRITER

Returns

structure mirroring row of an sdfits file

Uses

SDFITS::get_sdfits_row_sizes