Last modified: December 2023

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AHELP for CIAO 4.16 Sherpa

set_conf_opt

Context: confidence

Synopsis

Set an option for the confidence interval method.

Syntax

set_conf_opt(name, val)

name - str

Description

This is a helper function since the options can also be set directly using the object returned by `get_conf` .


Example

>>> set_conf_opt('parallel', False)

PARAMETERS

The parameters for this function are:

Parameter Definition
name The name of the option to set. The `get_conf` routine can be used to find out valid values for this argument.
val The new value for the option.

Bugs

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

See Also

confidence
conf, confidence, covar, covariance, get_conf, get_conf_opt, get_conf_results, get_covar, get_covar_opt, get_covar_results, get_covariance_results, get_int_proj, get_int_unc, get_proj, get_proj_opt, get_proj_results, get_projection_results, get_reg_proj, get_reg_unc, int_proj, int_unc, proj, projection, reg_proj, reg_unc, set_covar_opt, set_proj_opt
data
set_areascal, set_arf, set_backscal, set_bkg, set_coord, set_counts, set_data, set_dep, set_exposure, set_grouping, set_quality, set_rmf, set_staterror, set_syserror
filtering
set_filter
methods
set_iter_method, set_iter_method_opt, set_method, set_method_opt
modeling
get_par, get_xsabund, get_xscosmo, get_xsxsect, get_xsxset, set_bkg_model, set_bkg_source, set_full_model, set_model, set_par, set_pileup_model, set_source, set_xsabund, set_xscosmo, set_xsxsect, set_xsxset
statistics
set_prior, set_sampler, set_sampler_opt, set_stat
utilities
set_analysis, set_default_id
visualization
image_setregion