AST_PUTTABLE

Store a single FitsTable in a FitsChan

Description:

This routine allows a representation of a single FITS binary table to be stored in a FitsChan. For instance, this may provide the coordinate look-up tables needed subequently when reading FITS-WCS headers for axes described using the " -TAB" algorithm. Since, in general, the calling application may not know which tables will be needed - if any - prior to calling AST_READ, the AST_TABLESOURCE routine provides an alternative mechanism in which a caller-supplied function is invoked to store a named table in the FitsChan.

Invocation

CALL AST_PUTTABLE( THIS, TABLE, EXTNAM, STATUS )

Arguments

THIS = INTEGER (Given)
Pointer to the FitsChan.
TABLE = INTEGER (Given)
Pointer to a FitsTable to be added to the FitsChan. If a FitsTable with the associated extension name already exists in the FitsChan, it is replaced with the new one. A deep copy of the FitsTable is stored in the FitsChan, so any subsequent changes made to the FitsTable will have no effect on the behaviour of the FitsChan.
EXTNAM = CHARACTER ∗ ( ∗ ) (Given)
The name of the FITS extension associated with the table.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.

Notes:

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