get_conf_opt

sherpa.astro.ui.get_conf_opt(name=None)

Return one or all of the options for the confidence interval method.

This is a helper function since the options can also be read directly using the object returned by get_conf.

Parameters:name (str, optional) – If not given, a dictionary of all the options are returned. When given, the individual value is returned.
Returns:value
Return type:dictionary or value
Raises:sherpa.utils.err.ArgumentErr – If the name argument is not recognized.

See also

conf()
Estimate confidence intervals using the confidence method.
get_conf()
Return the confidence-interval estimation object.
set_conf_opt()
Set an option of the conf estimation object.

Examples

>>> get_conf_opt('verbose')
False
>>> copts = get_conf_opt()
>>> copts['verbose']
False