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Image CIF dictionary (imgCIF) version 3.00.04

_array_structure_list.direction

Name:
_array_structure_list.direction

Definition:

   
    Identifies the direction in which this array index changes.

Type: Code


The data value must be one of the following:


increasing 		Indicates the index changes from 1 to the maximum dimension.

decreasing 		Indicates the index changes from the maximum dimension to 1.

Category:
array_structure_list


International Tables for Crystallography

Volume G: Definition and exchange of crystallographic data

First online edition (2006)

Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon

An essential guide and reference to CIF for programmers, data managers handling crystal-structure information and practising crystallographers.