set_xschatter

sherpa.astro.xspec.set_xschatter(level)[source] [edit on github]

Set the chatter level used by X-Spec.

Set the chatter setting used by the X-Spec routines for determining what information gets printed to the screen. It is equivalent to the X-Spec chatter command [1].

Parameters:level (int) – The higher the value of level, the more screen output will be created by X-Spec routines. A value of 0 hides most information while 25 will generate a lot of debug output.

Notes

The default chatter setting used by Sherpa is 0, which is lower than - so, creates less screen output - the default value used by X-Spec (10).

There is no way to change the X-Spec “log chatter” setting.

References

[1]http://heasarc.nasa.gov/xanadu/xspec/manual/XSchatter.html Note that this may refer to a newer version than the compiled version used by Sherpa; use get_xsversion to check.

Examples

Set the chatter level to the default used by X-Spec:

>>> set_xschatter(10)