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.Changed in version 4.14.0: The default chatter setting has been bumped from 0 to 10 to match XSPEC. Users will see extra screen output the first time some XSPEC models are evaluated.
- Parameters
level (int) – The higher the value of
level
, the more screen output will be created by X-Spec routines. A value of0
hides most information while25
will generate a lot of debug output. The starting value is10
.
See also
Notes
There is no way to change the X-Spec “log chatter” setting.
References
- 1
https://heasarc.gsfc.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 hide most, if not all, output from X-Spec models:
>>> set_xschatter(0)