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Naxes - Number of Frame axes   

Description:
This is a read-only attribute giving the number of axes in a Frame (i.e. the number of dimensions of the coordinate space which the Frame describes). This value is determined when the Frame is created.

Type:
Integer, read-only.

Class Applicability:
Frame
All Frames have this attribute.
FrameSet
The Naxes attribute of a FrameSet is the same as that of its current Frame (as specified by the Current attribute).
CmpFrame
The Naxes attribute of a CmpFrame is equal to the sum of the Naxes values of its two component Frames.



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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 211
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
30th April 2003
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

Copyright (C) 2003 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils