PyDL¶
Introduction¶
This is the documentation for PyDL.
Components¶
Most of the functionality of PyDL is in sub-packages.
Other Notes¶
Base API¶
pydl Package¶
Python replacements for functions that are part of the IDL built-in library, or part of astronomical IDL libraries. The emphasis is on reproducing results of the astronomical library functions. Only the bare minimum of IDL built-in functions are implemented to support this.
Functions¶
file_lines (path[, compress]) |
Replicates the IDL FILE_LINES() function. |
median (array[, width, axis, even]) |
Replicate the IDL MEDIAN() function. |
rebin (x, d[, sample]) |
Resize x to new dimensions given by d . |
smooth (signal, owidth[, edge_truncate]) |
Replicates the IDL SMOOTH() function. |
uniq (x[, index]) |
Replicates the IDL UNIQ() function. |
Classes¶
pcomp (x[, standardize, covariance]) |
Replicates the IDL PCOMP() function. |
PydlException |
Base class for exceptions raised in PyDL functions. |