- NAME
FTHELP
- PURPOSE
Routine to print a description of a FITS ASCII table extension
- CALLING SEQUENCE
FTHELP, H, [ TEXTOUT = ]
- INPUTS
H - FITS header for ASCII table extension, string array
- OPTIONAL INPUT KEYWORD
TEXTOUT - scalar number (0-7) or string (file name) determining
output device (see TEXTOPEN). Default is TEXTOUT=1, output
to the user's terminal
- NOTES
FTHELP checks that the keyword XTENSION equals 'TABLE' in the FITS
header.
- SYSTEM VARIABLES
Uses the non-standard system variables !TEXTOUT and !TEXTUNIT
which must be defined (e.g. with ASTROLIB) prior to compilation.
- PROCEDURES USED
REMCHAR, SXPAR(), TEXTOPEN, TEXTCLOSE, ZPARCHECK
- HISTORY
version 1 W. Landsman Jan. 1988
Add TEXTOUT option, cleaner format W. Landsman September 1991
TTYPE value can be longer than 8 chars, W. Landsman August 1995
Remove calls to !ERR, some vectorization W. Landsman February 2000
Slightly more compact display W. Landsman August 2005