Synopsis
Delete a data set by identifier.
Syntax
delete_data(id=None) id - int or str, optional
Description
The data set, and any associated structures - such as the ARF and RMF for PHA data sets - are removed.
Examples
Example 1
Delete the data from the default data set:
>>> delete_data()
Example 2
Delete the data set identified as 'src':
>>> delete_data('src')PARAMETERS
The parameter for this function is:
| Parameter | Definition |
|---|---|
| id | The data set to delete. If not given then the default identifier is used, as returned by `get_default_id` . |
Notes
The source expression is not removed by this function.
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, datastack, fake, get_axes, get_bkg_chisqr_plot, get_bkg_delchi_plot, get_bkg_fit_plot, get_bkg_model_plot, get_bkg_plot, get_bkg_ratio_plot, get_bkg_resid_plot, get_bkg_source_plot, get_counts, get_data, get_data_contour, get_data_contour_prefs, get_data_image, get_data_plot, get_data_plot_prefs, get_dep, get_dims, get_error, get_quality, get_specresp, get_staterror, get_syserror, group, group_adapt, group_adapt_snr, group_bins, group_counts, group_snr, group_width, 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, delete_model
- 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, histogram1d, histogram2d, image_data, rebin