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measures.show - Function

	Package	general
	Module	measures
	Tool	measures

Format a measure using globally set formats

Synopsis
show(v, refcode)

Arguments

v	in	value to be converted to string
		Allowed:	any measure
refcode	in	add the reference code to output
		Allowed:	boolean
		Default:	T

Returns
string

Description
show will convert a measure to a string, using the formats set globally for various types of variables (see setformat). All measures are catered for (at this moment direction, position, epoch, radialvelocity, frequency, doppler, baseline, uvw, earthmagnetic ).

Example

- dm.show(dm.frequency('lsrk', dq.constants('HI')))
1420.40575 MHz LSRK 
- dq.setformat('freq', 'keV')
T 
- dm.show(dm.frequency('lsrk', dq.constants('HI')))
5.87432838e-09 keV LSRK 
- dm.show(dm.frequency('lsrk', dq.constants('HI')), refcode=F)
5.87432838e-09 keV