Column

class sherpa.astro.io.types.Column(name: str, values: ndarray, desc: str | None = None, unit: str | None = None, minval: int | float | None = None, maxval: int | float | None = None)

Bases: object

Represent a FITS column.

This does not support all FITS features.

Attributes Summary

desc	The column description
maxval	The maximum value (corresponds to FITS TLMAX setting).
minval	The minimum value (corresponds to FITS TLMIN setting).
unit	The units of the column
name	The column name (case insensitive)
values	The values for the column, as a ndarray.

Attributes Documentation

desc: str | None = None

The column description

maxval: int | float | None = None

The maximum value (corresponds to FITS TLMAX setting).

minval: int | float | None = None

The minimum value (corresponds to FITS TLMIN setting).

unit: str | None = None

The units of the column

name: str

The column name (case insensitive)

values: ndarray

The values for the column, as a ndarray.

Variable-field arrays are represented as ndarrays with an object type.