table - Tool

Description

table is the tool that contains all the functions relevant for table handling.

fromfits	Create a CASA table from a binary FITS file
fromascii	Create a CASA table from a file containing data in ASCII format
open	open an existing table
flush	flush the current contents to disk
fromASDM	Create an CASA table from an ASDM table
resync	resync the table tool with table file
close	close the table tool
copy	copy a table
copyrows	copy rows from this table to another
done	end the table tool
iswritable	is the table writable?
endianformat	get the endian format used for this table
lock	acquire a lock on the table
unlock	unlock and flush the table
datachanged	has data changed in table?
haslock	has this process a lock on the table?
lockoptions	get the lock options used for this table
ismultiused	is the table in use in another process?
browse	browse a table using a graphical browser
name	return name of table on disk

toasciifmt	Write CASA table into an ASCII format
query	!!!PARTIAL IMPLEMENTATION!!! Make a table from a query
queryC	Alternative table query function
calc	!!!NOT IMPLEMENTED!!! Calculate an expression on a table
selectrows	Make a table from a selection of rows
putinfo	set the info record
addreadmeline	add a readme line to the info record
summary	summarize the contents of the table
colnames	return the names of the columns
rownumbers	!!!INPUT PARAMETERS IGNORED!!! return the row numbers in the (reference) table
setmaxcachesize	set maximum cache size for column in the table
isscalarcol	is the specified column scalar?
isvarcol	tell if column contains variable shaped arrays
coldatatype	return the column data type
colarraytype	return the column array type
ncols	return number of columns
nrows	return number of rows
addrows	add a specified number of rows
removerows	remove the specified rows
addcols	!!!REQUIRES COLUMN DESCRIPTION FUNCTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED!!! add one or more columns

renamecol	rename a column
removecols	remove one or more columns
iscelldefined	test if a specific cell contains a value
getcell	get a specific cell
getcellslice	get a slice from a specific cell
getcol	get a specific column
getvarcol	get a specific column (for variable arrays)
getcolslice	get a slice from a specific columnarray
putcell	put a specific cell
putcellslice	put a slice into a specific cell
putcol	put a specific column
putvarcol	put a specific column (for variable arrays)
putcolslice	put a slice into a specific column
getcolshapestring	get shape of arrays in a specific column
getkeyword	get value of specific table keyword
getkeywords	get values of all table keywords
getcolkeyword	get value of specific column keyword
getcolkeywords	get values of all keywords for a column
putkeyword	put a specific table keyword
putkeywords	!!!BROKEN!!! put multiple table keywords

putcolkeyword	put a specific keyword for a column
putcolkeywords	put multiple keywords for a column
removekeyword	remove a specific table keyword
removecolkeyword	remove a specific keyword for a column
getdminfo	get the info about data managers
keywordnames	get the names of all table keywords
fieldnames	get the names of fields in a table keyword
colkeywordnames	get the names of all keywords in a column
colfieldnames	get the names of fields in a keyword in a column
getdesc	get the table description
getcoldesc	get the description of a specific column
ok	Is the table tool ok?
clearlocks	Clears any table lock associated with the current process

Description

table is the tool that contains all the functions relevant for table handling.

3.2.1 table - Tool