SetNeuronType

Changes the type of the specified timestamped variable.

Syntax

SetNeuronType(doc, var, type)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
doc	documentReference	Reference to the document
var	variableReference	Reference to the variable
type	number	If type is positive, the variable type is set to ‘neuron’, if type is zero or negative, the variable type is set to ‘event’

Return

None.

Note

Neuron and event types are almost identical. The main difference is that when a data file is opened by NeuroExplorer, all the neuron variables in this file are selected for analysis.

You may need to use this function when creating new neuron variables using NewEvent() function. NewEvent creates an event variable and the variable type can later be changed to neuron using SetNeuronType() function.

Examples

Python

import nex
doc = nex.GetActiveDocument()
doc["neuron1"] = nex.NewEvent(doc, 0)
nex.SetNeuronType(doc, doc["neuron1"], 1)

NexScript

doc = GetActiveDocument()
doc["neuron1"] = NewEvent(doc, 0)
SetNeuronType(doc, doc["neuron1"], 1)