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description -- the description header

Synopsis

Description

Returns the description header of the given entry from the Kreuzer-Skarke database. This is simply the first line of the given entry.

i1 : e = KSEntry "4 5  M:53 5 N:9 5 H:3,43 [-80] id:0
       1   0   2   4 -10
       0   1   3   5  -9
       0   0   4   0  -4
       0   0   0   8  -8
       ";
i2 : description e

o2 = 4 5  M:53 5 N:9 5 H:3,43 [-80] id:0
i3 : A = matrix e

o3 = | 1 0 2 4 -10 |
     | 0 1 3 5 -9  |
     | 0 0 4 0 -4  |
     | 0 0 0 8 -8  |

              4       5
o3 : Matrix ZZ  <-- ZZ

See also

Ways to use description :

For the programmer

The object description is a method function.