====== PDL How to's and script repository ======

This site is set up to help document use of the Perl Data Language ([[http://pdl.perl.org|PDL]]) for data reduction in astronomy.  I find PDL to be a very powerful language for manipulation of images. However, I often find myself spending more time than I had expected figuring out how to achieve a result in PDL.  The best place to go for general help is [[http://pdl.perl.org | pdl.perl.org]], but I am often lazy or in a hurry and just want to see an example of code similar to what I need. If you would like an introduction to PDL or documentation you can try the following


  * PDL for the Impatient: [[http://pdl.sourceforge.net/PDLdocs/Impatient.html | PDL Intro]] 

  * Online Documentation at SourceForge:  [[http://pdl.sourceforge.net/PDLdocs/ |Documentation]] 

  * A manuscript on PDL from several versions ago {{pdlwiki:pdlbook.pdf}}

  *  Up-to-date Wiki  [[http://wiki.jach.hawaii.edu/pdl_wiki-bin/wiki | Wiki site ]]

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This site is meant to be a repository and informal documentation site for PDL code which may be useful to others. I have divided the intial info into HOWTOs and Scripts.

  * [[HOWTO]] section

  * [[Scripts]] section

The HOWTO section is meant for short, targeted descriptions of achieving a result.  For example, this could include code which shows how to create shift-and-added combined image.

The Scripts section is meant for longer code snippets which may be of use to other astronomers (or whomever you are).  

The site has developed as my own notes and reminders on how to use PDL.  However, please feel free to contribute to, or improve the existing examples.  The data you improve may be your own.

-Phil Hinz