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coordsys.coordinatetype - Function

	Package	general
	Module	images
	Tool	coordsys

Return type of specified coordinate

Synopsis
coordinatetype(which)

Arguments

which	in	Which coordinate ?
		Allowed:	1-rel integer or unset
		Default:	All

Returns
String or fail

Description

This function (short-hand name ct) returns a string describing the type of the specified coordinate. If which=unset the types for all coordinates are returned.

Possible output values are 'Direction', 'Spectral', 'Stokes', 'Linear', and 'Tabular'

Example

- cs := coordsys(direction=T, spectral=T)
- cs.coordinatetype(1)
Direction
- cs.coordinatetype()
Direction Spectral