get_conf_opt

sherpa.astro.ui.get_conf_opt(name=None)

Return one or all of the options for the confidence interval method.

This is a helper function since the options can also be read directly using the object returned by get_conf.

Parameters:name (str, optional) – If not given, a dictionary of all the options are returned. When given, the individual value is returned. Returns:value Return type:dictionary or value Raises:sherpa.utils.err.ArgumentErr – If the name argument is not recognized.

See also

conf()

Estimate confidence intervals using the confidence method.

get_conf()

Return the confidence-interval estimation object.

set_conf_opt()

Set an option of the conf estimation object.

Examples

>>> get_conf_opt('verbose')
False

>>> copts = get_conf_opt()
>>> copts['verbose']
False