From c4f0052ac996162521738bd6fbde1880d9ef3074 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Frojdh <erik.frojdh@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:46:25 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] WIP

---
 docs/src/pyexamples.rst          | 22 +++++++++++++++++++---
 python/examples/exposure_time.py | 22 +++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/src/pyexamples.rst b/docs/src/pyexamples.rst
index 5685040e6..158410771 100755
--- a/docs/src/pyexamples.rst
+++ b/docs/src/pyexamples.rst
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ Setting and getting times
 
 ::
 
+
     import datetime as dt
     from slsdet import Detector
+    from slsdet.utils import element_if_equal
 
     d = Detector()
 
@@ -155,7 +157,6 @@ Setting and getting times
 
     # exptime also accepts a python datetime.timedelta
     # which can be used to set the time in almost any unit
-
     t = dt.timedelta(milliseconds = 2.3)
     d.exptime = t
 
@@ -163,6 +164,21 @@ Setting and getting times
     t = dt.timedelta(minutes = 3, seconds = 1.23)
     d.exptime = t
 
-    #exptime however always returns the time in seconds
+    # exptime however always returns the time in seconds
     >>> d.exptime
-    181.23 
\ No newline at end of file
+    181.23 
+
+    # To get back the exposure time for each module 
+    # it's possible to use getExptime, this also returns
+    # the values as datetime.timedelta
+
+    >>> d.getExptime()
+    [datetime.timedelta(seconds=181, microseconds=230000), datetime.timedelta(seconds=181, microseconds=230000)]
+
+    # In case the values are the same it's possible to use the
+    # element_if_equal function to reduce the values to a single 
+    # value
+
+    >>> t = d.getExptime()
+    >>> element_if_equal(t)
+    datetime.timedelta(seconds=1)
diff --git a/python/examples/exposure_time.py b/python/examples/exposure_time.py
index 05ad9b14f..eab8c12f0 100644
--- a/python/examples/exposure_time.py
+++ b/python/examples/exposure_time.py
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ Example showing how to set and get exposure times
 
 import datetime as dt
 from slsdet import Detector
-
-
+from slsdet.utils import element_if_equal
 
 d = Detector()
 
-
 # The simplest way is to set the exposure time in 
 # seconds by using the exptime property
 # This sets the exposure time for all modules
@@ -17,7 +15,6 @@ d.exptime = 0.5
 
 # exptime also accepts a python datetime.timedelta
 # which can be used to set the time in almost any unit
-
 t = dt.timedelta(milliseconds = 2.3)
 d.exptime = t
 
@@ -27,4 +24,19 @@ d.exptime = t
 
 #exptime however always returns the time in seconds
 # >>> d.exptime
-# 181.23 
\ No newline at end of file
+# 181.23 
+
+# To get back the exposure time for each module 
+# it's possible to use getExptime, this also returns
+# the values as datetime.timedelta
+
+# >>> d.getExptime()
+# [datetime.timedelta(seconds=181, microseconds=230000), datetime.timedelta(seconds=181, microseconds=230000)]
+
+# In case the values are the same it's possible to use the
+# element_if_equal function to reduce the values to a single 
+# value
+
+# >>> t = d.getExptime()
+# >>> element_if_equal(t)
+# datetime.timedelta(seconds=1)
\ No newline at end of file