1.3.1.0 ms.getfielddirmeas

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ms.getfielddirmeas - Function

1.3.1 Returns the direction measure from the given FIELD table column and row

Description

This function returns the direction measures from the given direction column of the MS FIELD table as a either a measure dictionary or sexigesimal string representation.

Arguments


Inputs
dircolname	Name of the direction column in the FIELD table
	allowed:	string
	Default:	PHASE_DIR
fieldid	Field ID, starting at 0
	allowed:	int
	Default:	0
time	(optional) time for ephemeris access (in seconds, as in Main table TIME column)
	allowed:	double
	Default:	0
format	Output format. Either ”measure” (measure dictionary) or ”string” (sexigesimal representation). Minimum match supported.
	allowed:	string
	Default:	measure

Returns
anyvariant

Example

ms.open(’3C273XC1.MS’)
print "Delay direction from FIELD table row 3 =", ms.getfielddirmeas("DELAY_DIR", 3)

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