4.13. pow

Performs a power operation on the Fits object.

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Fits.pow(other, output=None, override=False) → Self

Performs a power operation on the Fits object.

Notes

This method can raise numeric values or another Fits object to a power.

• If other is numeric, each element of the matrix will be raised to that number.

• If other is another Fits object, element-wise power will be performed.

Parameters

otherUnion[Self, float, int]

Either a Fits object, a float, or an integer.

outputOptional[str]

New path to save the resulting file.

overridebool, optional, default=False

If True, will overwrite the output path if a file already exists.

Returns

Fits

A new Fits object representing the result of the power operation.

Raises

FileExistsError

If the file already exists and override is False.

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4.13.1. Example:

from myraflib import Fits

fits = Fits.sample()
other = Fits.sample()

new_fits_1 = fits.pow(2)

new_fits_2 = fits.pow(other)