FunParamGet (3)

  #include <funtools.h>

int FunParamGetb(Fun fun, char *name, int n, int defval, int *got)

int FunParamGeti(Fun fun, char *name, int n, int defval, int *got)

double FunParamGetd(Fun fun, char *name, int n, double defval, int *got)

char *FunParamGets(Fun fun, char *name, int n, char *defval, int *got)

The four routines FunParamGetb(), FunParamGeti(), FunParamGetd(), and FunParamGets(), return the value of a \s-1FITS\s0 header parameter as a boolean, int, double, and string, respectively. The string returned by FunParamGets() is a malloc'ed copy of the header value and should be freed when no longer needed.

The first argument is the Fun handle associated with the \s-1FITS\s0 header being accessed. Normally, the header is associated with the \s-1FITS\s0 extension that you opened with FunOpen(). However, you can use FunInfoPut() to specify access of the primary header. In particular, if you set the \s-1FUN_PRIMARYHEADER\s0 parameter to 1, then the primary header is used for all parameter access until the value is reset to 0. For example:

int val; FunParamGeti(fun, "NAXIS", 1, 0, &got); # current header val=1; FunInfoPut(fun, FUN_PRIMARYHEADER, &val, 0); # switch to ... FunParamGeti(fun, "NAXIS", 1, 0, &got); # ... primary header FunParamGeti(fun, "NAXIS", 2, 0, &got); # ... primary header val=0; FunInfoPut(fun, FUN_PRIMARYHEADER, &val, 0); # switch back to ... FunParamGeti(fun, "NAXIS", 2, 0, &got); # current header

Alternatively, you can use the \s-1FUN_PRIMARY\s0 macro to access parameters from the primary header on a per-parameter basis:

FunParamGeti(fun, "NAXIS1", 0, 0, &got); # current header FunParamGeti(FUN_PRIMARY(fun), "NAXIS1", 0, 0, &got); # primary header

\s-1NB - \s0 \s-1FUN_PRIMARY\s0 is deprecated. It makes use of a global parameter and therefore will not not appropriate for threaded applications, when we make funtools thread\-safe. We recommend use of FunInfoPut() to switch between the extension header and the primary header.

For output data, access to the primary header is only possible until the header is written out, which usually takes place when the first data are written.

The second argument is the name of the parameter to access. The third n argument, if non\-zero, is an integer that will be added as a suffix to the parameter name. This makes it easy to use a simple loop to process parameters having the same root name. For example, to gather up all values of \s-1TLMIN\s0 and \s-1TLMAX\s0 for each column in a binary table, you can use:

for(i=0, got=1; got; i++){ fun->cols[i]->tlmin = (int)FunParamGeti(fun, "TLMIN", i+1, 0.0, &got); fun->cols[i]->tlmax = (int)FunParamGeti(fun, "TLMAX", i+1, 0.0, &got); }

The fourth defval argument is the default value to return if the parameter does not exist. Note that the data type of this parameter is different for each specific FunParamGet() call. The final got argument will be 0 if no param was found. Otherwise the data type of the parameter is returned as follows: \s-1FUN_PAR_UNKNOWN\s0 ('u'), \s-1FUN_PAR_COMMENT\s0 ('c'), \s-1FUN_PAR_LOGICAL\s0 ('l'), \s-1FUN_PAR_INTEGER\s0 ('i'), \s-1FUN_PAR_STRING\s0 ('s'), \s-1FUN_PAR_REAL\s0 ('r'), \s-1FUN_PAR_COMPLEX\s0 ('x').

These routines return the value of the header parameter, or the specified default value if the header parameter does not exist. The returned value is a malloc'ed string and should be freed when no longer needed.

By default, FunParamGets() returns the string value of the named parameter. However, you can use FunInfoPut() to retrieve the raw 80\-character \s-1FITS\s0 card instead. In particular, if you set the \s-1FUN_RAWPARAM\s0 parameter to 1, then card images will be returned by FunParamGets() until the value is reset to 0.

Alternatively, if the \s-1FUN_RAW\s0 macro is applied to the name, then the 80\-character raw \s-1FITS\s0 card is returned instead. \s-1NB - \s0 \s-1FUN_RAW\s0 is deprecated. It makes use of a global parameter and therefore will not not appropriate for threaded applications, when we make funtools thread\-safe. We recommend use of FunInfoPut() to switch between the extension header and the primary header.

Note that in addition to the behaviors described above, the routine FunParamGets() will return the 80 raw characters of the nth \s-1FITS\s0 card (including the comment) if name is specified as \s-1NULL\s0 and n is positive. For example, to loop through all \s-1FITS\s0 header cards in a given extension and print out the raw card, use:

for(i=1; ;i++){ if( (s = FunParamGets(fun, NULL, i, NULL, &got)) ){ fprintf(stdout, "%.80s\n", s); free(s); } else{ break; } }

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