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AHELP for CIAO 4.18 Sherpa

get_sampler_name

Context: statistics

Synopsis

Return the name of the current MCMC sampler.

Syntax

get_sampler_name()

Example

>>> get_sampler_name()
'MetropolisMH'

PARAMETERS

This function has no parameters

Return value

The return value from this function is:

name -- str


Bugs

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

See Also

statistics
get_sampler