Re: using xspec_abund

OK, next time I wait 5 minutes ;-)

and, yes:

isis> status = xspec_xsect("vern");
 Cross Section Table set to vern:  Verner, Ferland, Korista, and Yakovlev 1996

On Mar 28, 2011, at 8:38 AM, Manfred Hanke wrote:

> Hi Rhaana,
> 
> I'm having trouble using
>> status = xspec_abund(wilm);
>> status = xspec_xsect(vern);
> 
> These functions take String_Type arguments. Try:
> 
>  status = xspec_abund("wilm");
>  status = xspec_xsect("vern");
> 
> (You may, of course, also define variables with that name in order to have the short cut:
>   variable wilm = "wilm", vern = "vern"
> )
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Manfred
> 
>> These commands return the message that wilm and vern are undefined, but
>> they do work for me in xspec in the same directory (and I have set
>> require("xspec"); first and it does other xspec commands ok).
>> 
>> I can recover the current (default) abundance and x-sec tables using
>> status = xspec_abund(); status = xspec_xsect();
>> 
>> Any idea what is going wrong in the linking to the non-default atomic
>> data tables? Can anyone else verify that this usually works for them?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Rhaana
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