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bimacalibrater.getsourcenames - Function

	Package	bima
	Module	bimacalibrater
	Tool	bimacalibrater

get a list of source nicknames

Synopsis
getsourcenames(roles)

Description

The getsourcenames function returns a list of source nicknames associated with the specified roles. The roles parameter should be a vector of strings, recognized values being 'all', 'targets', 'phcals', 'pbcals', 'fcals' for all sources, target sources, phase calibrators, passband calibrators, and flux density calibrators, respectively. This function is meant to help users remember how they have named their sources (it is also used internally by other functions of bimacalibrater).

Arguments

roles		Return nicknames of sources of these roles
		Allowed:	Vector of strings. Recognized values are 'all' (all nicknames), 'targets' (target source nicknames), 'phcals' (phase calibrators), 'pbcals' (passband calibrators), and 'fcals' (flux density calibrators)
		Default:	none

Returns
array of corresponding nicknames or fail

Example

- bc := bimacalibrater(['sgrb2.ms','sgra.ms'],
+ '1733-130.ms',targetnames=['sgrb','sgra'],phcalnames='1733'); 
- bc.getsourcenames('all')
sgrb sgra 1733
- bc.getsourcenames(['phcals','targets'])
1733 sgrb sgra
- bc.getsourcenames('targets')
sgrb sgra
- bc.getsourcenames('phcals')
1733