matlab.io.fits.deleteCol
Delete column from table
Syntax
deleteCol(fptr,colnum)
Description
deleteCol(fptr,colnum)
deletes the column
from an ASCII or binary table.
This function corresponds to the fits_delete_col (ffdcol)
function
in the CFITSIO library C API.
Examples
Delete the second column in a binary table.
import matlab.io.* srcFile = fullfile(matlabroot,"toolbox","matlab", ... "demos","tst0012.fits"); copyfile(srcFile,"myfile.fits") fileattrib("myfile.fits","+w") fprintf("Before: ") fitsdisp("myfile.fits",Index=2,Mode="min") fptr = fits.openFile("myfile.fits","readwrite"); fits.movAbsHDU(fptr,2); fits.deleteCol(fptr,2) fits.closeFile(fptr) fprintf("After : ") fitsdisp("myfile.fits",Index=2,Mode="min")