pipeline.infrastructure.utils.utils

The utils module contains general-purpose uncategorised utility functions and classes.

Functions

approx_equal(x, y[, tol])	Return True if two numbers are equal within the given tolerance.
are_equal(a, b)	Return True if the contents of the given arrays are equal.
dict_merge(a, b)	Recursively merge dictionaries.
fieldname_clean(field)	Indicate if the fieldname is allowed as-is.
fieldname_for_casa(field)	Prepare field string to be used as CASA argument.
find_ranges(data)	Identify numeric ranges in string or list.
flagged_intervals(vec)	Idendity isnads of ones in input array or list.
get_casa_quantity(value)	Wrapper around quanta.quantity() that handles None input.
get_field_accessor(ms, field)	Returns accessor to field name or field ID, if field name is ambiguous.
get_field_identifiers(ms)	Maps numeric field IDs to field names.
get_num_caltable_polarizations(caltable)	Obtain number of polarisations from calibration table.
get_receiver_type_for_spws(ms, spwids)	Return dictionary of receiver types for requested spectral window IDs.