Segment¶

class gwpy.segments.Segment(iterable=(), /)[source]¶

A tuple defining a semi-open interval [start, end)

Each Segment represents the range of values in a given interval, with general arithmetic supported for combining/comparing overlapping segments.

Parameters

start : float

the start value of this Segment

end : float

the end value of this Segment

Examples

>>> Segment(0, 10) & Segment(5, 15)
Segment(5, 10)
>>> Segment(0, 10) | Segment(5, 15)
Segment(0, 15)
>>> Segment(0, 10) - Segment(5, 15)
Segment(0, 5)
>>> Segment(0, 10) < Segment(5, 15)
True
>>> Segment(1, 2) in Segment(0, 10)
True
>>> Segment(1, 11) in Segment(0, 10)
False
>>> Segment(0, 1)
Segment(0, 1)
>>> Segment(1, 0)
Segment(0, 1)
>>> bool(Segment(0, 1))
True

Attributes Summary

`end`	The GPS end time of this segment
`start`	The GPS start time of this segment

Methods Summary

`connects`	Return True if self connects exactly onto other.
`contract`	Return a new segment whose bounds are given by adding x to the segment's lower bound and subtracting x from the segment's upper bound.
`count`(value, /)	Return number of occurrences of value.
`disjoint`	Returns >0 if self covers an interval above other's interval, <0 if self covers an interval below other's, or 0 if the two intervals are not disjoint (intersect or touch).
`index`(value[, start, stop])	Return first index of value.
`intersects`	Return True if the intersection of self and other is not a null segment.
`protract`	Return a new segment whose bounds are given by subtracting x from the segment's lower bound and adding x to the segment's upper bound.
`shift`	Return a new segment whose bounds are given by adding x to the segment's upper and lower bounds.

Attributes Documentation

end¶: The GPS end time of this segment

start¶: The GPS start time of this segment

Methods Documentation

connects()¶: Return True if self connects exactly onto other.

contract()¶: Return a new segment whose bounds are given by adding x to the segment’s lower bound and subtracting x from the segment’s upper bound.

count(value, /)¶: Return number of occurrences of value.

disjoint()¶: Returns >0 if self covers an interval above other’s interval, <0 if self covers an interval below other’s, or 0 if the two intervals are not disjoint (intersect or touch). A return value of 0 indicates the two segments would coalesce.

index(value, start=0, stop=sys.maxsize, /)¶

Return first index of value.

Raises ValueError if the value is not present.

intersects()¶: Return True if the intersection of self and other is not a null segment.

protract()¶: Return a new segment whose bounds are given by subtracting x from the segment’s lower bound and adding x to the segment’s upper bound.

shift()¶: Return a new segment whose bounds are given by adding x to the segment’s upper and lower bounds.