matlab.io.fits.insertCol

Insert column into table

Syntax

insertCol(fptr,colnum,ttype,tform)


Description

insertCol(fptr,colnum,ttype,tform) inserts a column into an ASCII or binary table. Specify ttype and tform as character vectors or string scalars.

This function corresponds to the fits_insert_col (fficol) function in the CFITSIO library C API.

Examples

import matlab.io.*
fptr = fits.createFile('myfile.fits');
ttype = {'Col1','Col2'};
tform = {'3A','1D'};
tunit = {'m/s','candela'};
fits.createTbl(fptr,'binary',0,ttype,tform,tunit,'my-table');
fits.insertCol(fptr,3,'Col3','3D');
fits.closeFile(fptr);
fitsdisp('myfile.fits','index',2);