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sd.scantable.stats - Function

5.1.2 Compute specified statistics of the spectra
Description

Determine the specified statistic of the current beam/if/pol Takes a ’mask’ as an optional parameter to specify which channels should be excluded.

Available statistics are ’min’, ’max’, ’min_abc’, ’max_abc’, ’sumsq’, ’sum’, ’mean’, ’var’, ’stddev’, ’avdev’, ’rms’, ’median’.

Arguments





Inputs

stat

Statistics to be calculated

allowed:

string

Default:

’stddev’

mask

An optional mask specifying where the statistic should be determined

allowed:

bool array

Default:

None

form

Format string to print statistic values

allowed:

string

Default:

’3.3f’

row

Row number of spectrum to process

allowed:

integer

Default:

None (all rows)





Returns
float array

Example

        scan = sd.scantable(’OrionS_rawACSmod_cal’)  
        scan.set_unit(’channel’)  
        msk = scan.create_mask([100, 200], [500, 600])  
        scan.stats(stat=’mean’, mask=m)


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