sdss_flagexist¶

pydl.pydlutils.sdss.sdss_flagexist(flagname, bitname, flagexist=False, whichexist=False)[source]¶

Check for the existence of flags.

Parameters

flagnamestr: The name of a bitmask group. Not case-sensitive.
bitnamestr or list: The name(s) of the specific bitmask(s) within the flagname group.
flagexistbool, optional: If flagexist is True, return a tuple with the second component indicating whether the binary flag named flagname exists, even if bitname is wrong.
whichexistbool, optional: If whichexist is True, return a list containing existence test results for each individual flag.

Returns