sdss_flagval¶
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pydl.pydlutils.sdss.
sdss_flagval
(flagname, bitname)[source]¶ Convert bitmask names into values.
Converts human-readable bitmask names into numerical values. The inputs are not case-sensitive; all inputs are converted to upper case internally.
Parameters: flagname :
str
The name of a bitmask group.
bitname :
str
orlist
The name(s) of the specific bitmask(s) within the
flagname
group.Returns: numpy.uint64
The value of the bitmask name(s).
Raises: KeyError
If
flagname
orbitname
are invalid names.Examples
>>> from pydl.pydlutils.sdss import sdss_flagval >>> sdss_flagval('ANCILLARY_TARGET1',['BLAZGX','ELG','BRIGHTGAL']) 2310346608843161600