Last modified: December 2023

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AHELP for CIAO 4.16 Sherpa

load_quality

Context: data

Synopsis

Load the quality array from a file and add to a PHA data set.

Syntax

load_quality(id, filename=None, bkg_id=None, *args, **kwargs)

id - int or str, optional
filename - str
bkg_id - int or str, optional
colkeys - array of str, optional
sep - str, optional
comment - str, optional

Description

This function sets the quality column but does not automatically ignore any columns marked as "bad". Use the `ignore_bad` function to apply the new quality information.


Examples

Example 1

When using Crates as the I/O library, select the quality column from the file 'src.pi', and use it to set the values in the default data set:

>>> load_quality('src.pi[cols quality]')

Example 2

Use the colkeys option to define the column in the input file:

>>> load_quality('src.pi', colkeys=['quality'])

Example 3

Load the first column in 'grp.dat' and use it to populate the quality array of the data set called 'core'.

>>> load_quality('core', 'grp.dat')

PARAMETERS

The parameters for this function are:

Parameter Definition
id The identifier for the data set to use. If not given then the default identifier is used, as returned by `get_default_id` .
filename The name of the file that contains the quality information. This file can be a FITS table or an ASCII file. Selection of the relevant column depends on the I/O library in use (Crates or AstroPy).
bkg_id Set if the quality array should be associated with the background associated with the data set.
colkeys An array of the column name to read in. The default is none .
sep The separator character. The default is ' ' .
comment The comment character. The default is '#' .

Notes

The function does not follow the normal Python standards for parameter use, since it is designed for easy interactive use. When called with a single un-named argument, it is taken to be the `filename` parameter. If given two un-named arguments, then they are interpreted as the `id` and `filename` parameters, respectively. The remaining parameters are expected to be given as named arguments.

There is no check made to see if the quality array contains valid data.


Bugs

See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

See Also

data
copy_data, dataspace1d, dataspace2d, datastack, delete_data, fake, get_axes, get_bkg_chisqr_plot, get_bkg_delchi_plot, get_bkg_fit_plot, get_bkg_model_plot, get_bkg_plot, get_bkg_ratio_plot, get_bkg_resid_plot, get_bkg_source_plot, get_counts, get_data, get_data_contour, get_data_contour_prefs, get_data_image, get_data_plot, get_data_plot_prefs, get_dep, get_dims, get_error, get_quality, get_specresp, get_staterror, get_syserror, group, group_adapt, group_adapt_snr, group_bins, group_counts, group_snr, group_width, load_arf, load_arrays, load_ascii, load_bkg, load_bkg_arf, load_bkg_rmf, load_data, load_grouping, load_image, load_multi_arfs, load_multi_rmfs, load_pha, load_rmf, load_staterror, load_syserror, load_table, pack_image, pack_pha, pack_table, set_data, set_quality, ungroup, unpack_arf, unpack_arrays, unpack_ascii, unpack_bkg, unpack_data, unpack_image, unpack_pha, unpack_rmf, unpack_table
filtering
get_filter, load_filter, set_filter
info
get_default_id, list_bkg_ids, list_data_ids, list_response_ids
modeling
add_model, add_user_pars, clean, load_table_model, load_template_interpolator, load_template_model, load_user_model, save_model, save_source
plotting
plot_data, set_xlinear, set_xlog, set_ylinear, set_ylog
saving
save_arrays, save_data, save_delchi, save_error, save_filter, save_grouping, save_image, save_pha, save_quality, save_resid, save_staterror, save_syserror, save_table
statistics
load_user_stat
utilities
calc_data_sum, calc_data_sum2d, calc_ftest, calc_kcorr, calc_mlr, calc_model_sum2d, calc_source_sum2d, get_rate
visualization
contour, contour_data, contour_ratio, histogram1d, histogram2d, image_data, rebin