MaskArrIO.h

Classes

Global Functions -- Ascii input/output operations for MaskedArrays. (full description)

Ascii input/output operations for MaskedArrays. (source)

Interface

ostream & operator<< (ostream &, const MaskedArray<T> &)

Description

Review Status

Reviewed By:
UNKNOWN
Date Reviewed:
before2004/08/25
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Prerequisite

Etymology

MaskArrIO is short for MaskedArrayIO, which is too long by AIPS++ file naming conventions. This file contains global functions for writing out ascii representations of masked arrays.

Synopsis

These functions write out masked arrays in ascii representation. They simply write out the Array and the LogicalArray which is the mask using the ascii output functions for these objects.

Example

   Vector<Int> a(10);
   LogicalVector b(10);
   MaskedArray m (a,b);
      . . .
   cout << m;
This example writes out m in ascii. It writes first a and then the mask constructed from b.

Motivation

These are primarily for debugging, so that one can examine the MaskedArray. Since MaskedArrays are manipulators of Arrays, it was not thought to be necessary, or even a good idea, to have other kinds of IO defined for them.

Member Description

ostream & operator<< (ostream &, const MaskedArray<T> &)

Write out an ascii representation of a MaskedArray. The component Array and LogicalArray are written out sequentially.