delete_data

Synopsis

Delete a data set by ID

delete_data( [id] )

Description

The delete_data() function deletes a data set from a Sherpa session by data set ID.

• id - the id of the data set to use; if not given, uses the default dataset id (id=1 by default, see "ahelp get_default_id")

Example 1

sherpa> delete_data()

When called with no arguments, delete_data() will remove the default data set from the Sherpa session.

sherpa> print(get_data().name)
obsid_1843.pi

sherpa> delete_data()

sherpa> print(get_data().name)
IdentifierError'>: data set 1 has not been set

Example 2

sherpa> delete_data("src")

If supplied with a data set ID, delete_data() will remove the specified data set.

Bugs

See the bugs pages on the Sherpa website for an up-to-date listing of known bugs.

See Also

data

copy_data, dataspace1d, dataspace2d, fake, get_axes, get_bkg_plot, get_counts, get_data, get_data_plot, get_dep, get_dims, get_error, get_quality, get_specresp, get_staterror, get_syserror, group, load_ascii, load_data, load_grouping, load_quality, set_data, set_quality, ungroup, unpack_ascii, unpack_data

filtering

get_filter, load_filter, set_filter

info

get_default_id, list_data_ids, list_response_ids

modeling

clean

plotting

plot_data, set_xlinear, set_xlog, set_ylinear, set_ylog

saving

save_error, save_filter, save_grouping, save_quality, save_staterror, save_syserror

utilities

calc_data_sum, calc_data_sum2d, calc_ftest, calc_kcorr, calc_mlr, calc_model_sum2d, calc_source_sum2d, get_rate

visualization

contour, contour_data, contour_ratio, get_ratio, get_resid, histogram1d, histogram2d, image_data, rebin