Astro::FITS::Header::Item - A card image from a FITS header
$item = new Astro::FITS::Header::Item( Card => $card ); $item = new Astro::FITS::Header::Item( Keyword => $keyword, Value => $value, Comment => $comment, Type => 'int' ); $value = $item->value(); $comment = $item->comment(); $card = $item->card(); $card = "$item";
Stores information about a FITS header item (in the FITS standard these are called Card Images). FITS Card Images can be parsed and broken into their component keyword, values and comments. Card Images can also be created from its components keyword, value and comment.
Create a new instance. Optionally can be given a hash containing information from a header item or the card image itself.
$item = new Astro::FITS::Header::Item( Card => $card ); $item = new Astro::FITS::Header::Item( Keyword => $keyword, Value => $value );
The list of allowed hash keys is documented in the configure method.
Returns undef if the information supplied was insufficient to generate a valid header item.
undef
Make a copy of an Astro::FITS::Header::Item object.
$newitem = $item->copy;
Return (or set) the value of the keyword associated with the FITS card.
$keyword = $item->keyword(); $item->keyword( $key );
When a new value is supplied any card in the cache is invalidated.
card
Supplied value is always upper-cased.
Return (or set) the value of the value associated with the FITS card.
$value = $item->value(); $item->value( $val );
If the value is an Astro::FITS::Header object, the type is automatically set to "HEADER".
Astro::FITS::Header
Return (or set) the value of the comment associated with the FITS card.
$comment = $item->comment(); $item->comment( $comment );
Return (or set) the value of the variable type associated with the FITS card.
$type = $item->type(); $item->type( "INT" );
Allowed types are "LOGICAL", "INT", "FLOAT", "STRING", "COMMENT", "HEADER" and "UNDEF".
The special type, "HEADER", is used to specify that this item refers to a subsidiary header (eg a header in an MEFITS file or a header in an NDF in an HDS container). See also the subhdrs method in Astro::FITS::Header for an alternative way of specifying a sub-header.
subhdrs
The type is case-insensitive, but will always be returned up-cased.
Return (or set) the 80 character header card associated with this object. It is created if there is no cached version.
$card = $item->card();
If a new card is supplied it will only be accepted if it is 80 characters long or fewer. The string is padded with spaces if it is too short. No attempt (yet) )is made to shorten the string if it is too long since that may require a check to see if the value is a string that must be shortened with a closing single quote. Returns undef on assignment failure (else returns the supplied string).
$status = $item->card( $card );
undef is returned if there is insufficient information in the object to create a new card. Can assign undef to clear the cache.
This method is called automatically when attempting to stringify the object.
$card = "$item";
Configures the object from multiple pieces of information.
$item->configure( %options );
Takes a hash as argument with the following keywords:
If supplied, the value is assumed to be a standard 80 character FITS header card. This is sent to the parse_card method directly. Takes priority over any other key.
parse_card
If it is an Astro::FITS::Header::Item it will be copied rather than parsed.
Astro::FITS::Header::Item
Used to specify the keyword associated with this object.
Used to specify the value associated with this FITS item.
Used to specify the comment associated with this FITS item.
Used to specify the variable type. See the type method for more details. A type will be guessed if one is not supplied. The guess may well be wrong.
type
Does nothing if these keys are not supplied.
Method to return a blessed reference to the object so that we can store ths object on disk using Data::Dumper module.
Parse a FITS card image and store the keyword, value and comment into the object.
($key, $val, $com) = $item->parse_card( $card );
Returns an empty list on error.
Compares this Item with another and returns true if the keyword, value, type and comment are all equal.
$isident = $item->equals( $item2 );
Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Science and Technology Facilities Council. Copyright (C) 2001-2007 Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council. All Rights Reserved.
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Tim Jenness <t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu>, Alasdair Allan <aa@astro.ex.ac.uk>
To install Astro::FITS::Header, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Astro::FITS::Header
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Astro::FITS::Header
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.