Last modified: December 2023

URL: https://cxc.cfa.harvard.edu/sherpa/ahelp/get_conf_opt.html
AHELP for CIAO 4.16 Sherpa

get_conf_opt

Context: confidence

Synopsis

Return one or all of the options for the confidence interval method.

Syntax

get_conf_opt(name=None)

name - str, optional

Description

This is a helper function since the options can also be read directly using the object returned by `get_conf` .


Examples

Example 1

>>> get_conf_opt('verbose')
False

Example 2

>>> copts = get_conf_opt()
>>> copts['verbose']
False

PARAMETERS

The parameter for this function is:

Parameter Definition
name If not given, a dictionary of all the options are returned. When given, the individual value is returned.

Bugs

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

See Also

confidence
get_conf, set_conf_opt