matlab.io.fits.deleteRecord
Delete key by record number
Syntax
deleteRecord(fptr,keynum)
Description
deleteRecord(fptr,keynum)
deletes a keyword
by record number.
This function corresponds to the fits_delete_record
(ffdrec)
function in the CFITSIO library C API.
Examples
Delete the 18th keyword ("ORIGIN") in a primary array.
import matlab.io.* srcFile = fullfile(matlabroot,"toolbox","matlab", ... "demos","tst0012.fits"); copyfile(srcFile,"myfile.fits") fileattrib("myfile.fits","+w") fptr = fits.openFile("myfile.fits","readwrite"); card = fits.readRecord(fptr,18); fits.deleteRecord(fptr,18) fits.closeFile(fptr)