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Last modified: December 2007

URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao4.0/calgetquery.html
AHELP for CIAO 4.0 calGetQuery Context: caldb

Synopsis

Returns the value of the query expression stored in the CALDB structure.

Syntax

String_Type calGetQuery( Caldb_Type cal )

Description

This function returns the value of the query expression field in the CALDB structure. This field is used to define the boundary conditions when querying the CALDB; if no such condition has been specified then either "-" or "" is returned.

The caldb module is not available by default; to use it in a S-Lang program, it must be loaded using the S-Lang require() function:

  require("caldb");

Example

  variable cal = calCreateInfo( "img.fits" );
  variable expr = calGetQuery( cal );
  if ( orelse { "" == expr } { 0 == strcmp( "-", expr ) } )
    message( "No boundary condition has been set up." );

Bugs

See the bugs page for the caldb library on the CIAO website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

Last modified: December 2007



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