XMM-Newton Science Analysis System


dal (dal-1.199) [xmmsas_20230412_1735-21.0.0]

Data types

At the lowest level the DAL provides access to data. The following data types are supported:

• boolean 1 byte boolean
• int8 1 byte unsigned signed integer
• uint16 2 byte unsigned integer
• int16 2 byte signed integer
• uint32 4 byte unsigned integer
• int32 4 byte signed integer
• real32 4 byte floating point
• real64 8 byte floating point
• string character string

Note: at this moment the DAL uses 4 bytes logicals instead of 1 byte logicals.