MTsort Language - EDOC033

MTsort Language - EDOC033

John Cresswell

Janet Sampson

University of Liverpool
Nuclear Physics Department

<support@ns.ph.liv.ac.uk>

21 Oct 2010

Abstract

This manual describes the sort language. It can currently be used to sort a wide selection of event formats, including Eurogam, Euroball, GammaSphere, IN2P3, Goosy, Oak Ridge, Exogam and GREAT format data. More features and data formats are being added according to users' requirements.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Feedback

Data File Format

General Structure
Notation
File Inclusion

Single Parameter Format
Group Parameter Format

Pre-defined Sortwords

Bitmask gates
1D gates
2D gates
Elliptical gates

Data arrays

Value arrays
Gate arrays
Gain arrays
Arrays of arrays

Declarations
Commands

List of Commands

Parameter Lists

Simple Spectrum update commands

Indexed Spectrum update commands

Incbits command

Createlist command

Copylist command

Extract command

Loopextract command

If...else... command (single sortword environment)}

Validation test operator (VALID)
Comparison operators (EQ,NE,GE,LE,GT,LT)
Filtering operators (PASSES,FAILS)
Masking operator (MASKEDBY)
Gate-testing operator (GATEDBY)

Loopif...loopfail... command (parameter-list environment)}

Validation test operator (VALID)
Comparison operators (EQ,NE,GE,LE,GT,LT)
Filtering operators (PASSES,FAILS)
Masking operator (MASKEDBY)
Gate-testing operator (GATEDBY)

Select command

Goto command

Arithmetic operations

Arithmetic Operators
Maths functions
Command Functions

Gain command

Invalidate command

Groupfilter command

Order command

Exec Command

Synchronization

Doloop command

Output command

Endevent command

End command

Pause command

*RUNFILES (offline analysis only)

Appendix A. Constraints

Reserved words
Predefined sortwords
Maximum values

Appendix B. Data file examples

Eurogam phase 2 autogain sort
Auto-gained correlation sort
Quadsort
Quinsort
Pulse Processing


		Introduction