lsst.pipe.tasks.objectMasks Namespace Reference

Classes
class	ObjectMaskCatalog
class	RegionFileFormatter

Functions
	convertToAngle (var, varUnit, what, fileName, lineNo)

Function Documentation

convertToAngle()

lsst.pipe.tasks.objectMasks.convertToAngle	(		var,
			varUnit,
			what,
			fileName,
			lineNo )

Given a variable and its units, return an geom.Angle

what, fileName, and lineNo are used to generate helpful error messages

Definition at line 215 of file objectMasks.py.

def convertToAngle(var, varUnit, what, fileName, lineNo):
    """Given a variable and its units, return an geom.Angle
 
    what, fileName, and lineNo are used to generate helpful error messages
    """
    var = float(var)
 
    if varUnit in ("d", "", None):
        pass
    elif varUnit == "'":
        var /= 60.0
    elif varUnit == '"':
        var /= 3600.0
    else:
        raise RuntimeError("unsupported unit \"%s\" for %s at %s:%d" %
                           (varUnit, what, fileName, lineNo))
 
    return var*geom.degrees