show_xsabund

sherpa.astro.ui.show_xsabund(outfile=None, clobber: bool = False) → None

Show the XSPEC abundance values.

Added in version 4.17.0.

Parameters:

outfilestr, file-like, or None, optional: If not given the results are displayed to the screen, otherwise it is the file name (string) or file-like object to write the results to.
clobberbool, optional: If outfile is not None, then this flag controls whether an existing file can be overwritten (True) or if it raises an exception (False, the default setting).

See also

get_xsabund, get_xsabundances, set_xsabund, set_xsabundances

Examples

Display the current abundance table and values:

>>> show_xsabund()
Solar Abundance Table:
angr  Anders E. & Grevesse N. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 53, 197 (1989)
  H : 1.000e+00  He: 9.770e-02  Li: 1.450e-11  Be: 1.410e-11  B : 3.980e-10
  C : 3.630e-04  N : 1.120e-04  O : 8.510e-04  F : 3.630e-08  Ne: 1.230e-04
  Na: 2.140e-06  Mg: 3.800e-05  Al: 2.950e-06  Si: 3.550e-05  P : 2.820e-07
  S : 1.620e-05  Cl: 3.160e-07  Ar: 3.630e-06  K : 1.320e-07  Ca: 2.290e-06
  Sc: 1.260e-09  Ti: 9.770e-08  V : 1.000e-08  Cr: 4.680e-07  Mn: 2.450e-07
  Fe: 4.680e-05  Co: 8.320e-08  Ni: 1.780e-06  Cu: 1.620e-08  Zn: 3.980e-08

The output can be written to a file or a file-like instance, such as a StringIO object:

>>> from io import StringIO
>>> buffer = StringIO()
>>> show_xsabund(buffer)
>>> txt = buffer.getvalue()