Index: trunk/ippScripts/scripts/detrend_process_exp.pl
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--- trunk/ippScripts/scripts/detrend_process_exp.pl	(revision 14048)
+++ trunk/ippScripts/scripts/detrend_process_exp.pl	(revision 14115)
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@
    [   
        #          KEYWORD                 STATISTIC          CHIPTOOL FLAG
-       { name => "bg",             type => "mean",  flag => "-bg" },
-       { name => "bg",             type => "stdev", flag => "-bg_mean_stdev" },
-       { name => "bg_stdev",       type => "rms",   flag => "-bg_stdev" },
+       { name => "bg",             type => "mean",  flag => "-bg",            dtype => "float" },
+       { name => "bg",             type => "stdev", flag => "-bg_mean_stdev", dtype => "float" },
+       { name => "bg_stdev",       type => "rms",   flag => "-bg_stdev",      dtype => "float" },
        # { name => "bg_mean_stdev",  type => "rms",   flag => "-bg_mean_stdev" },
    ];
+my $stats = PS::IPP::Metadata::Stats->new($STATS); # Stats parser
 
 # Look for programs we need
@@ -113,5 +114,4 @@
 
     # parse the stats in the metadata
-    my $stats = PS::IPP::Metadata::Stats->new($STATS); # Stats parser
     unless ($stats->parse($metadata)) {
 	&my_die("Unable to find all values in statistics output.\n", $det_id, $exp_id, $PS_EXIT_PROG_ERROR);
@@ -163,11 +163,5 @@
 $command .= " -recip $recipe1,$recipe2 -path_base $outputRoot";
 $command .= " -dbname $dbname" if defined $dbname;
-
-# add in the elements from the selected stats above
-foreach my $entry (@$STATS) {
-    my $value = $entry->{value};
-    my $flag = $entry->{flag};
-    $command .= " $flag $value";
-}
+$command .= $stats->cmdflags();
 
 # Add the processed file to the database