Catalog files

This section describes the various formats of catalog points you need to compute correlation functions on them.

They are given with the option: infileformat.

Standard formats

columns-ascii:

The file(s) with the data to be correlated.

binary:

The file with data to be correlated in binary format.

takahashi:

The file with data to be correlated using Takahashi etal simulations format (can be transformed to Healpix format).

Miscellaneous formats

gadget:

Gadget files can be read using this format. Catalog can be only one file or composed of several files.

multi-columns-ascii:

This format is to be able to read any ascci file with values arrage in columns. Positions can be in any order and with/without header. For example, files with halo catalogs from Rockstar can be read.

fits-healpix:

to read maps in Healpix format using cfitsio library. This format permits to apply a mask in the same format.