3.2.1.0 table.getcoldesc

table.getcoldesc - Function

3.2.1 get the description of a specific column
Description

The column description is a casapy record that contains a complete description of the layout of a specified column (except for the number of rows). It can be used to construct a table description.

Arguments


Inputs
columnname	Name of column
	allowed:	string
	Default:

Returns
anyrecord

Example

tb.open("3C273XC1.MS")
tb.getcoldesc("DATA")
#{’comment’: ’The data column’,
# ’dataManagerGroup’: ’TiledData’,
# ’dataManagerType’: ’TiledShapeStMan’,
# ’maxlen’: 0,
# ’ndim’: 2,
# ’option’: 0,
# ’valueType’: ’complex’}

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