1.1.3.0 coordsys.setnames

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coordsys.setnames - Function

1.1.3 Set the axis names

Description

Each axis associated with the Coordinate System has a name. It isn’t used in any fundamental way.

This function allows you to set new axis names.

You can set the names either for all axes (type=unset) or for just the axes associated with a particular coordinate type.

You can recover the current axis names with function names.

Arguments


Inputs
value	Names
	allowed:	stringArray
	Default:
type	Coordinate type: ”direction”, ”stokes”, ”spectral”, ”linear”, ”tabular” or leave empty for all
	allowed:	string
	Default:

Returns
bool

Example

"""
#
print "\t----\t setnames Ex 1 \t----"
csys = cs.newcoordsys(spectral=True, linear=2)
csys.setnames(value="a b c")
print csys.names()
#[’a’, ’b’, ’c’]
csys.setnames("flying fish", ’lin’)
print csys.names()
#[’a’, ’flying’, ’fish’]
#
"""

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