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bundles / astropy latest / astropy / io / fits / header / Header / get

function

astropy.io.fits.header:Header.get

source: /astropy/io/fits/header.py :866

Signature

def   get ( self ,  key ,  default = None )

Summary

Similar to dict.get--returns the value associated with keyword in the header, or a default value if the keyword is not found.

Parameters

key : str

A keyword that may or may not be in the header.

default : optional

A default value to return if the keyword is not found in the header.

Returns

: value: str, number, complex, bool, or ``astropy.io.fits.card.Undefined``

The value associated with the given keyword, or the default value if the keyword is not in the header.

Aliases

  • astropy.io.fits.Header.get