pyxspec_utils module

Useful python functions to use with Pyxspec

pyxspec_utils.showmodel(m)

Print current model information

Display a formated view of current model information such as the one produced by model.show() on pyXspec or by show par on Xspec. The errors are taken from the xspec.Fit.error calculation if that was not performed errros will be zero.

Parameters:m (Xspec.Model) – The model from which you want information Returns: Return type:Print output as a formated table

Example

>>> import xspec
>>> import pyxspec_utils as pu
>>> m1 = xspec.Models("wabs(powerlaw+mekal)")
>>> pu.printmodel(m1)
Model: wabs(powerlaw + mekal)
P#   C#   Component    Parameter  Unit    Value        Errors
-------------------------------------------------------------
1    1    wabs         nH         10^22   1.0     (0.0 , 0.0)
2    2    powerlaw     PhoIndex           1.0     (0.0 , 0.0)
3    2    powerlaw     norm               1.0     (0.0 , 0.0)
4    3    mekal        kT         keV     1.0     (0.0 , 0.0)
5    3    mekal        nH         cm-3    1.0     (0.0 , 0.0)
6    3    mekal        Abundanc           1.0     (0.0 , 0.0)
7    3    mekal        Redshift           0.0     (0.0 , 0.0)
8    3    mekal        switch             1.0     (0.0 , 0.0)
9    3    mekal        norm               1.0     (0.0 , 0.0)