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-.\" ========================================================================
-.\"
-.IX Title "funcolumnselect 3"
-.TH funcolumnselect 3 "April 14, 2011" "version 1.4.5" "SAORD Documentation"
-.SH "NAME"
-FunColumnSelect \- select Funtools columns
-.SH "SYNOPSIS"
-.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
-.Vb 1
-\& #include <funtools.h>
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 5
-\& int FunColumnSelect(Fun fun, int size, char *plist,
-\& char *name1, char *type1, char *mode1, int offset1,
-\& char *name2, char *type2, char *mode2, int offset2,
-\& ...,
-\& NULL)
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 3
-\& int FunColumnSelectArr(Fun fun, int size, char *plist,
-\& char **names, char **types, char **modes,
-\& int *offsets, int nargs);
-.Ve
-.SH "DESCRIPTION"
-.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
-The \fB\f(BIFunColumnSelect()\fB\fR routine is used to select the columns
-from a Funtools binary table extension or raw event file for
-processing. This routine allows you to specify how columns in a file
-are to be read into a user record structure or written from a user
-record structure to an output \s-1FITS\s0 file.
-.PP
-The first argument is the Fun handle associated with this set of
-columns. The second argument specifies the size of the user record
-structure into which columns will be read. Typically, the \fIsizeof()\fR
-macro is used to specify the size of a record structure. The third
-argument allows you to specify keyword directives for the selection
-and is described in more detail below.
-.PP
-Following the first three required arguments is a variable length list of
-column specifications. Each column specification will consist of four
-arguments:
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-\&\fBname\fR: the name of the column
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-\&\fBtype\fR: the data type of the column as it will be stored in
-the user record struct (not the data type of the input file). The
-following basic data types are recognized:
-.RS 4
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-A: \s-1ASCII\s0 characters
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-B: unsigned 8-bit char
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-I: signed 16-bit int
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-U: unsigned 16-bit int (not standard \s-1FITS\s0)
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-J: signed 32-bit int
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-V: unsigned 32-bit int (not standard \s-1FITS\s0)
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-E: 32-bit float
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-D: 64-bit float
-.RE
-.RS 4
-.Sp
-The syntax used is similar to that which defines the \s-1TFORM\s0 parameter
-in \s-1FITS\s0 binary tables. That is, a numeric repeat value can precede
-the type character, so that \*(L"10I\*(R" means a vector of 10 short ints, \*(L"E\*(R"
-means a single precision float, etc. Note that the column value from
-the input file will be converted to the specified data type as the
-data is read by
-\&\fIFunTableRowGet()\fR.
-.Sp
-[ A short digression regarding bit\-fields: Special attention is
-required when reading or writing the \s-1FITS\s0 bit-field type
-(\*(L"X\*(R"). Bit-fields almost always have a numeric repeat character
-preceding the 'X' specification. Usually this value is a multiple of 8
-so that bit-fields fit into an integral number of bytes. For all
-cases, the byte size of the bit-field B is (N+7)/8, where N is the
-numeric repeat character.
-.Sp
-A bit-field is most easily declared in the user struct as an array of
-type char of size B as defined above. In this case, bytes are simply
-moved from the file to the user space. If, instead, a short or int
-scalar or array is used, then the algorithm for reading the bit-field
-into the user space depends on the size of the data type used along
-with the value of the repeat character. That is, if the user data
-size is equal to the byte size of the bit\-field, then the data is
-simply moved (possibly with endian-based byte\-swapping) from one to
-the other. If, on the other hand, the data storage is larger than the
-bit-field size, then a data type cast conversion is performed to move
-parts of the bit-field into elements of the array. Examples will help
-make this clear:
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-If the file contains a 16X bit-field and user space specifies a 2B
-char array[2], then the bit-field is moved directly into the char array.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-If the file contains a 16X bit-field and user space specifies a 1I
-scalar short int, then the bit-field is moved directly into the short int.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-If the file contains a 16X bit-field and user space specifies a 1J
-scalar int, then the bit-field is type-cast to unsigned int before
-being moved (use of unsigned avoids possible sign extension).
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-If the file contains a 16X bit-field and user space specifies a 2J
-int array[2], then the bit-field is handled as 2 chars, each of which
-are type-cast to unsigned int before being moved (use of unsigned
-avoids possible sign extension).
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-If the file contains a 16X bit-field and user space specifies a 1B
-char, then the bit-field is treated as a char, i.e., truncation will
-occur.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-If the file contains a 16X bit-field and user space specifies a 4J
-int array[4], then the results are undetermined.
-.RE
-.RS 4
-.Sp
-For all user data types larger than char, the bit-field is byte-swapped
-as necessary to convert to native format, so that bits in the
-resulting data in user space can be tested, masked, etc. in the same
-way regardless of platform.]
-.Sp
-In addition to setting data type and size, the \fBtype\fR
-specification allows a few ancillary parameters to be set, using the
-full syntax for \fBtype\fR:
-.Sp
-.Vb 1
-\& [@][n]<type>[[['B']poff]][:[tlmin[:tlmax[:binsiz]]]]
-.Ve
-.Sp
-The special character \*(L"@\*(R" can be prepended to this specification to
-indicated that the data element is a pointer in the user record,
-rather than an array stored within the record.
-.Sp
-The [n] value is an integer that specifies the
-number of elements that are in this column (default is 1). \s-1TLMIN\s0,
-\&\s-1TLMAX\s0, and \s-1BINSIZ\s0 values also can be specified for this column after
-the type, separated by colons. If only one such number is specified,
-it is assumed to be \s-1TLMAX\s0, and \s-1TLMIN\s0 and \s-1BINSIZ\s0 are set to 1.
-.Sp
-The [poff] value can be used to specify the offset into an
-array. By default, this offset value is set to zero and the data
-specified starts at the beginning of the array. The offset usually
-is specified in terms of the data type of the column. Thus an offset
-specification of [5] means a 20\-byte offset if the data type is a
-32-bit integer, and a 40\-byte offset for a double. If you want to
-specify a byte offset instead of an offset tied to the column data type,
-precede the offset value with 'B', e.g. [B6] means a 6\-bye offset,
-regardless of the column data type.
-.Sp
-The [poff] is especially useful in conjunction with the pointer @
-specification, since it allows the data element to anywhere stored
-anywhere in the allocated array. For example, a specification such as
-\&\*(L"@I[2]\*(R" specifies the third (i.e., starting from 0) element in the
-array pointed to by the pointer value. A value of \*(L"@2I[4]\*(R" specifies
-the fifth and sixth values in the array. For example, consider the
-following specification:
-.Sp
-.Vb 12
-\& typedef struct EvStruct{
-\& short x[4], *atp;
-\& } *Event, EventRec;
-\& /* set up the (hardwired) columns */
-\& FunColumnSelect( fun, sizeof(EventRec), NULL,
-\& "2i", "2I ", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Event, x),
-\& "2i2", "2I[2]", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Event, x),
-\& "at2p", "@2I", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Event, atp),
-\& "at2p4", "@2I[4]", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Event, atp),
-\& "atp9", "@I[9]", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Event, atp),
-\& "atb20", "@I[B20]", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Event, atb),
-\& NULL);
-.Ve
-.Sp
-Here we have specified the following columns:
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-2i: two short ints in an array which is stored as part the
-record
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-2i2: the 3rd and 4th elements of an array which is stored
-as part of the record
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-an array of at least 10 elements, not stored in the record but
-allocated elsewhere, and used by three different columns:
-.RS 4
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-at2p: 2 short ints which are the first 2 elements of the allocated array
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-at2p4: 2 short ints which are the 5th and 6th elements of
-the allocated array
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-atp9: a short int which is the 10th element of the allocated array
-.RE
-.RS 4
-.RE
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-atb20: a short int which is at byte offset 20 of another allocated array
-.RE
-.RS 4
-.Sp
-In this way, several columns can be specified, all of which are in a
-single array. \fB\s-1NB\s0\fR: it is the programmer's responsibility to
-ensure that specification of a positive value for poff does not point
-past the end of valid data.
-.RE
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-\&\fBread/write mode\fR: \*(L"r\*(R" means that the column is read from an
-input file into user space by
-\&\fIFunTableRowGet()\fR, \*(L"w\*(R" means that
-the column is written to an output file. Both can specified at the same
-time.
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-\&\fBoffset\fR: the offset into the user data to store
-this column. Typically, the macro \s-1FUN_OFFSET\s0(recname, colname) is used
-to define the offset into a record structure.
-.PP
-When all column arguments have been specified, a final \s-1NULL\s0 argument
-must added to signal the column selection list.
-.PP
-As an alternative to the varargs
-\&\fIFunColumnSelect()\fR
-routine, a non-varargs routine called
-\&\fIFunColumnSelectArr()\fR
-also is available. The first three arguments (fun, size, plist) of this
-routine are the same as in
-\&\fIFunColumnSelect()\fR.
-Instead of a variable
-argument list, however,
-\&\fIFunColumnSelectArr()\fR
-takes 5 additional arguments. The first 4 arrays arguments contain the
-names, types, modes, and offsets, respectively, of the columns being
-selected. The final argument is the number of columns that are
-contained in these arrays. It is the user's responsibility to free
-string space allocated in these arrays.
-.PP
-Consider the following example:
-.PP
-.Vb 5
-\& typedef struct evstruct{
-\& int status;
-\& float pi, pha, *phas;
-\& double energy;
-\& } *Ev, EvRec;
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 6
-\& FunColumnSelect(fun, sizeof(EvRec), NULL,
-\& "status", "J", "r", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, status),
-\& "pi", "E", "r", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, pi),
-\& "pha", "E", "r", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, pha),
-\& "phas", "@9E", "r", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, phas),
-\& NULL);
-.Ve
-.PP
-Each time a row is read into the Ev struct, the \*(L"status\*(R" column is
-converted to an int data type (regardless of its data type in the
-file) and stored in the status value of the struct. Similarly, \*(L"pi\*(R"
-and \*(L"pha\*(R", and the phas vector are all stored as floats. Note that the
-\&\*(L"@\*(R" sign indicates that the \*(L"phas\*(R" vector is a pointer to a 9 element
-array, rather than an array allocated in the struct itself. The row
-record can then be processed as required:
-.PP
-.Vb 9
-\& /* get rows -- let routine allocate the row array */
-\& while( (ebuf = (Ev)FunTableRowGet(fun, NULL, MAXROW, NULL, &got)) ){
-\& /* process all rows */
-\& for(i=0; i<got; i++){
-\& /* point to the i'th row */
-\& ev = ebuf+i;
-\& ev->pi = (ev->pi+.5);
-\& ev->pha = (ev->pi-.5);
-\& }
-.Ve
-.PP
-\&\fIFunColumnSelect()\fR
-can also be called to define \*(L"writable\*(R" columns in order to generate a \s-1FITS\s0
-Binary Table, without reference to any input columns. For
-example, the following will generate a 4\-column \s-1FITS\s0 binary table when
-\&\fIFunTableRowPut()\fR is used to
-write Ev records:
-.PP
-.Vb 5
-\& typedef struct evstruct{
-\& int status;
-\& float pi, pha
-\& double energy;
-\& } *Ev, EvRec;
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 6
-\& FunColumnSelect(fun, sizeof(EvRec), NULL,
-\& "status", "J", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, status),
-\& "pi", "E", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, pi),
-\& "pha", "E", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, pha),
-\& "energy", "D", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, energy),
-\& NULL);
-.Ve
-.PP
-All columns are declared to be write\-only, so presumably the column
-data is being generated or read from some other source.
-.PP
-In addition,
-\&\fIFunColumnSelect()\fR
-can be called to define \fBboth\fR \*(L"readable\*(R" and \*(L"writable\*(R" columns.
-In this case, the \*(L"read\*(R" columns
-are associated with an input file, while the \*(L"write\*(R" columns are
-associated with the output file. Of course, columns can be specified as both
-\&\*(L"readable\*(R" and \*(L"writable\*(R", in which case they are read from input
-and (possibly modified data values are) written to the output.
-The
-\&\fIFunColumnSelect()\fR
-call itself is made by passing the input Funtools handle, and it is
-assumed that the output file has been opened using this input handle
-as its
-Funtools reference handle.
-.PP
-Consider the following example:
-.PP
-.Vb 5
-\& typedef struct evstruct{
-\& int status;
-\& float pi, pha, *phas;
-\& double energy;
-\& } *Ev, EvRec;
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 7
-\& FunColumnSelect(fun, sizeof(EvRec), NULL,
-\& "status", "J", "r", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, status),
-\& "pi", "E", "rw", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, pi),
-\& "pha", "E", "rw", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, pha),
-\& "phas", "@9E", "rw", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, phas),
-\& "energy", "D", "w", FUN_OFFSET(Ev, energy),
-\& NULL);
-.Ve
-.PP
-As in the \*(L"read\*(R" example above, each time an row is read into the Ev
-struct, the \*(L"status\*(R" column is converted to an int data type
-(regardless of its data type in the file) and stored in the status
-value of the struct. Similarly, \*(L"pi\*(R" and \*(L"pha\*(R", and the phas vector
-are all stored as floats. Since the \*(L"pi\*(R", \*(L"pha\*(R", and \*(L"phas\*(R" variables
-are declared as \*(L"writable\*(R" as well as \*(L"readable\*(R", they also will be
-written to the output file. Note, however, that the \*(L"status\*(R" variable
-is declared as \*(L"readable\*(R" only, and hence it will not be written to
-an output file. Finally, the \*(L"energy\*(R" column is declared as
-\&\*(L"writable\*(R" only, meaning it will not be read from the input file. In
-this case, it can be assumed that \*(L"energy\*(R" will be calculated in the
-program before being output along with the other values.
-.PP
-In these simple cases, only the columns specified as \*(L"writable\*(R" will
-be output using
-\&\fIFunTableRowPut()\fR. However,
-it often is the case that you want to merge the user columns back in
-with the input columns, even in cases where not all of the input
-column names are explicitly read or even known. For this important
-case, the \fBmerge=[type]\fR keyword is provided in the plist string.
-.PP
-The \fBmerge=[type]\fR keyword tells Funtools to merge the columns from
-the input file with user columns on output. It is normally used when
-an input and output file are opened and the input file provides the
-Funtools reference handle
-for the output file. In this case, each time
-\&\fIFunTableRowGet()\fR is called, the
-raw input rows are saved in a special buffer. If
-\&\fIFunTableRowPut()\fR then is called
-(before another call to
-\&\fIFunTableRowGet()\fR), the contents
-of the raw input rows are merged with the user rows according to the
-value of \fBtype\fR as follows:
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-\&\fBupdate\fR: add new user columns, and update value of existing ones (maintaining the input data type)
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-\&\fBreplace\fR: add new user columns, and replace the data type
-and value of existing ones. (Note that if tlmin/tlmax values are not
-specified in the replacing column, but are specified in the original
-column being replaced, then the original tlmin/tlmax values are used
-in the replacing column.)
-.IP "\(bu" 4
-\&\fBappend\fR: only add new columns, do not \*(L"replace\*(R" or \*(L"update\*(R" existing ones
-.PP
-Consider the example above. If \fBmerge=update\fR is specified in the
-plist string, then \*(L"energy\*(R" will be added to the input columns, and
-the values of \*(L"pi\*(R", \*(L"pha\*(R", and \*(L"phas\*(R" will be taken from the user
-space (i.e., the values will be updated from the original values, if
-they were changed by the program). The data type for \*(L"pi\*(R", \*(L"pha\*(R", and
-\&\*(L"phas\*(R" will be the same as in the original file. If
-\&\fBmerge=replace\fR is specified, both the data type and value of
-these three input columns will be changed to the data type and value
-in the user structure. If \fBmerge=append\fR is specified, none of
-these three columns will be updated, and only the \*(L"energy\*(R" column will
-be added. Note that in all cases, \*(L"status\*(R" will be written from the
-input data, not from the user record, since it was specified as read\-only.
-.PP
-Standard applications will call
-\&\fIFunColumnSelect()\fR
-to define user columns. However, if this routine is not called, the
-default behavior is to transfer all input columns into user space. For
-this purpose a default record structure is defined such that each data
-element is properly aligned on a valid data type boundary. This
-mechanism is used by programs such as fundisp and funtable to process
-columns without needing to know the specific names of those columns.
-It is not anticipated that users will need such capabilities (contact
-us if you do!)
-.PP
-By default, \fIFunColumnSelect()\fR
-reads/writes rows to/from an \*(L"array of structs\*(R", where each struct contains
-the column values for a single row of the table. This means that the
-returned values for a given column are not contiguous. You can
-set up the \s-1IO\s0 to return a \*(L"struct of arrays\*(R" so that each of the
-returned columns are contiguous by specifying \fBorg=structofarrays\fR
-(abbreviation: \fBorg=soa\fR) in the plist.
-(The default case is \fBorg=arrayofstructs\fR or \fBorg=aos\fR.)
-.PP
-For example, the default setup to retrieve rows from a table would be
-to define a record structure for a single event and then call
- \fIFunColumnSelect()\fR
-as follows:
-.PP
-.Vb 6
-\& typedef struct evstruct{
-\& short region;
-\& double x, y;
-\& int pi, pha;
-\& double time;
-\& } *Ev, EvRec;
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 7
-\& got = FunColumnSelect(fun, sizeof(EvRec), NULL,
-\& "x", "D:10:10", mode, FUN_OFFSET(Ev, x),
-\& "y", "D:10:10", mode, FUN_OFFSET(Ev, y),
-\& "pi", "J", mode, FUN_OFFSET(Ev, pi),
-\& "pha", "J", mode, FUN_OFFSET(Ev, pha),
-\& "time", "1D", mode, FUN_OFFSET(Ev, time),
-\& NULL);
-.Ve
-.PP
-Subsequently, each call to
-\&\fIFunTableRowGet()\fR
-will return an array of structs, one for each returned row. If instead you
-wanted to read columns into contiguous arrays, you specify \fBorg=soa\fR:
-.PP
-.Vb 6
-\& typedef struct aevstruct{
-\& short region[MAXROW];
-\& double x[MAXROW], y[MAXROW];
-\& int pi[MAXROW], pha[MAXROW];
-\& double time[MAXROW];
-\& } *AEv, AEvRec;
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 7
-\& got = FunColumnSelect(fun, sizeof(AEvRec), "org=soa",
-\& "x", "D:10:10", mode, FUN_OFFSET(AEv, x),
-\& "y", "D:10:10", mode, FUN_OFFSET(AEv, y),
-\& "pi", "J", mode, FUN_OFFSET(AEv, pi),
-\& "pha", "J", mode, FUN_OFFSET(AEv, pha),
-\& "time", "1D", mode, FUN_OFFSET(AEv, time),
-\& NULL);
-.Ve
-.PP
-Note that the only modification to the call is in the plist string.
-.PP
-Of course, instead of using statically allocated arrays, you also can specify
-dynamically allocated pointers:
-.PP
-.Vb 7
-\& /* pointers to arrays of columns (used in struct of arrays) */
-\& typedef struct pevstruct{
-\& short *region;
-\& double *x, *y;
-\& int *pi, *pha;
-\& double *time;
-\& } *PEv, PEvRec;
-.Ve
-.PP
-.Vb 8
-\& got = FunColumnSelect(fun, sizeof(PEvRec), "org=structofarrays",
-\& "$region", "@I", mode, FUN_OFFSET(PEv, region),
-\& "x", "@D:10:10", mode, FUN_OFFSET(PEv, x),
-\& "y", "@D:10:10", mode, FUN_OFFSET(PEv, y),
-\& "pi", "@J", mode, FUN_OFFSET(PEv, pi),
-\& "pha", "@J", mode, FUN_OFFSET(PEv, pha),
-\& "time", "@1D", mode, FUN_OFFSET(PEv, time),
-\& NULL);
-.Ve
-.PP
-Here, the actual storage space is either allocated by the user or by the
-\&\fIFunColumnSelect()\fR call).
-.PP
-In all of the above cases, the same call is made to retrieve rows, e.g.:
-.PP
-.Vb 1
-\& buf = (void *)FunTableRowGet(fun, NULL, MAXROW, NULL, &got);
-.Ve
-.PP
-However, the individual data elements are accessed differently.
-For the default case of an \*(L"array of structs\*(R", the
-individual row records are accessed using:
-.PP
-.Vb 5
-\& for(i=0; i<got; i++){
-\& ev = (Ev)buf+i;
-\& fprintf(stdout, "%.2f\et%.2f\et%d\et%d\et%.4f\et%.4f\et%21.8f\en",
-\& ev->x, ev->y, ev->pi, ev->pha, ev->dx, ev->dy, ev->time);
-\& }
-.Ve
-.PP
-For a struct of arrays or a struct of array pointers, we have a single struct
-through which we access individual columns and rows using:
-.PP
-.Vb 6
-\& aev = (AEv)buf;
-\& for(i=0; i<got; i++){
-\& fprintf(stdout, "%.2f\et%.2f\et%d\et%d\et%.4f\et%.4f\et%21.8f\en",
-\& aev->x[i], aev->y[i], aev->pi[i], aev->pha[i],
-\& aev->dx[i], aev->dy[i], aev->time[i]);
-\& }
-.Ve
-.PP
-Support for struct of arrays in the
-\&\fIFunTableRowPut()\fR
-call is handled analogously.
-.PP
-See the evread example code
-and
-evmerge example code
-for working examples of how
-\&\fIFunColumnSelect()\fR is used.
-.SH "SEE ALSO"
-.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
-See funtools(7) for a list of Funtools help pages