5.1.1.0 sd.splitant

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sd.splitant - Function

5.1.1 Split Measurement Set data by antenna and save them as scantable
Description

Split Measurement Set by antenna name, save data as a scantables, and return a list of filename. Notice this method can only be available from CASA. The outprefix argument specifies a prefix of output scantable name. The names of output scantables will be ’outprefix.antenna1.asap’, ’outprefix.antenna2.asap’, ... where antenna1 and antenna2 is antenna name that are stored in ANTENNA subtable of input Measurement Set.

Arguments


Inputs
filename	The name of Measurement Set to be read
	allowed:	string
	Default:
outprefix	The prefix of output scantable name
	allowed:	string
	Default:	”
overwrite	If the file should be overwritten if it exists
	allowed:	bool
	Default:	False

Returns
string array

Example

     # assume that input MS contains data from ’DV01’ and ’PM03’
     outfiles=sd.splitant(’osfdata.ms’,outprefix=’test’)
     print outfiles
     [’test.DV01.asap’,’test.PM03.asap’]

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