1.2.1.0 componentlist.shapetype

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componentlist.shapetype - Function

1.2.1 Returns the shape type of the component

Description

The shapetype function returns the current shape of the specified component. The shape defines how the flux of the component varies with direction on the sky. Currently there are three shapes available. These are ’Point’, ’Gaussian’, ’Disk’, and ’Limbdarkeneddisk’ (experimental). This function returns one of these four strings.

Arguments


Inputs
which	An index specifying which component. An integer between 0 and one less than the list length, inclusively
	allowed:	int
	Default:

Returns
string

Example

cl.open(’crux.cl’)
print ’The first component has a’, cl.shapetype(0), ’ shape’

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