healpy.pixelfunc.maptype

healpy.pixelfunc.maptype(m)

Describe the type of the map (valid, single, sequence of maps). Checks : the number of maps, that all maps have same length and that this length is a valid map size (using isnpixok()).

Parameters:

msequence

the map to get info from

Returns:

infoint

-1 if the given object is not a valid map, 0 if it is a single map, info > 0 if it is a sequence of maps (info is then the number of maps)

Examples

>>> import healpy as hp
>>> hp.pixelfunc.maptype(np.arange(12))
0
>>> hp.pixelfunc.maptype([np.arange(12), np.arange(12)])
2