merging equivalent reflections in xplor

[Axel T. Brunger]

X-PLOR picks the first non-zero entry among symmetry-related 
reflections for a reciprocal space array (e.g. FOBS or sigma).
Thus, no averaging is performed.  I plan to have an averaging
option in the future.  


> Hello, I have a question regarding the use of reflection files where
> equivalent reflections have not been merged.
> 
> How will xplor read such a file containing data such as below:
> 
> index -1 0 1   fobs= 99      sigma=5
> index 0 -1 1   fobs= 94      sigma=6
> index 0 1 -1   fobs= 10      sigma=8
> index 1 0 -1   fobs= 15      sigma=7
> 
> The data overall confirms the space group and the above reflections
> are (or should be) equivalent. Other reflections further out in theta
> also show some inconsistencies like this with say 7 equiv. reflections
> all around the same values and with 1 very much smaller and with large sigma.
> So the question is:
> 
> If xplor read this file would it average the equivalent reflections, would
> it remove those with the large sigma first (if I included the sigma cutoff)
> and then merge the remaining equivalent reflections? Does it merge the
> reflections at all?
> 
 
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