source: mire/functions.py @ 31

import numpy
import math

def modulus(vec):
    tmp = 0
    for comp in vec:
        tmp += comp**2
    return math.sqrt(tmp)

import string
import sys
def cat2reg(InputFile,OutFile):
    x = []
    y = []
    fwhm = []

    for line in open(InputFile,'r'):
        if (line[0] != '#'):
            spl_line = string.split(line)
            x.append(float(spl_line[1]))
            y.append(float(spl_line[2]))
            fwhm.append(float(spl_line[6]))

    of = open(OutputFile,'w')

    of.write("# Region file format: DS9 version 4.0\n")
    of.write("# Filename: check.fits\n")
    of.write("global color=green font=\"helvetica 10 normal\" select=1 highlite=1edit=1 move=1 delete=1 include=1 fixed=0 source\n")
    of.write("physical\n")

    for i in range(len(x)):
        outs = "circle(%f,%f,%f)\n" %(x[i],y[i],fwhm[i])
        of.write(outs)
        
    of.close()