image.open - Function

Open a new image file with this image tool

Synopsis
open(infile)

Arguments

infile	in	image file name
		Allowed:	String

Returns
T or fail

Description

Use this function when you are finished analyzing the current image file and want to attach to another one. This function detaches the image tool from the current image file, and reattaches it (opens) to the new image file.

The input image file may be in native AIPS++, FITS, or Miriad format. Look here for more information on foreign images.

You could, of course, also create a new image tool and associate that with the new image file, but this saves you the tool creation.

Example

- im:=image('myimage')              # create tool im and open image myimage
- im.open('anotherimage')           # attach tool im to image anotherimage

The open function first closes the old image file.

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	Package	general
	Module	images
	Tool	image