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")