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AHELP for CIAO 4.16 Sherpa

show_method

Context: info

Synopsis

Display the current optimization method and options.

Syntax

show_method(outfile=None, clobber=False)

outfile - str, optional
clobber - bool, optional

Example

>>> set_method('levmar')
>>> show_method()
Optimization Method: LevMar
name    = levmar
ftol    = 1.19209289551e-07
xtol    = 1.19209289551e-07
gtol    = 1.19209289551e-07
maxfev  = x
epsfcn  = 1.19209289551e-07
factor  = 100.0
verbose = 0

PARAMETERS

The parameters for this function are:

Parameter Definition
outfile If not given the results are displayed to the screen, otherwise it is taken to be the name of the file to write the results to.
clobber If `outfile` is not none , then this flag controls whether an existing file can be overwritten ( True ) or if it raises an exception ( False , the default setting).

Bugs

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

See Also

filtering
show_filter
info
get_functions, list_bkg_ids, list_functions, show_all, show_bkg_model, show_bkg_source, show_conf, show_covar, show_data, show_fit, show_model, show_proj, show_source, show_stat