NRAO Home > CASA > CASA Toolkit Reference Manual
quanta.norm - Function

1.5.1 normalise angle


Description

norm normalise angles in interval of 2π radians. The default interval is from -0.5 to +0.5 of a full interval (i.e. from -180 to +180 degrees). The lower end of the interval can be set as a fraction of 2π

Arguments





Inputs

v

angle quantity

allowed:

variant

Default:

a

lower interval boundary

allowed:

double

Default:

-0.5

Returns
record

Example

 
 
"""  
#  
print "\t----\t norm Ex 1 \t----"  
print qa.norm(’713deg’) #default normalisation  
#{’value’: -6.9999999999999716, ’unit’: ’deg’}  
print qa.norm(’713deg’, -2.5)  # normalise to interval -900 - -540 deg  
#{’value’: -727.0, ’unit’: ’deg’}  
#  
"""  
 

__________________________________________________________________


More information about CASA may be found at the CASA web page

Copyright © 2016 Associated Universities Inc., Washington, D.C.

This code is available under the terms of the GNU General Public Lincense


Home | Contact Us | Directories | Site Map | Help | Privacy Policy | Search