OGIP

class astropy.units.format.OGIP(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: Generic

Support the units in Office of Guest Investigator Programs (OGIP) FITS files.

Attributes Summary

name

Methods Summary

parse(s[, debug])	Convert a string to a unit object.
to_string(unit[, fraction])	Convert a unit to its string representation.

Attributes Documentation

name = 'ogip'

Methods Documentation

classmethod parse(s, debug=False)

Convert a string to a unit object.

classmethod to_string(unit, fraction='inline')

Convert a unit to its string representation.

Implementation for to_string.

Parameters:

unitUnitBase

The unit to convert.

fraction{False|True|’inline’|’multiline’}, optional

Options are as follows:

• False : display unit bases with negative powers as they are (e.g., km s-1);

• ‘inline’ or True : use a single-line fraction (e.g., km / s);

• ‘multiline’ : use a multiline fraction (available for the latex, console and unicode formats only; e.g., $\mathrm{\frac{km}{s}}$).

Raises:

ValueError

If fraction is not recognized.