matlab.io.fits.readRecord
Read header record specified by number
Syntax
card = readRecord(fptr,keynum)
Description
card = readRecord(fptr,keynum)
returns
the entire 80-character header record identified by the numeric keynum
.
Trailing blanks are truncated.
This function corresponds to the fits_read_record (ffgrec)
function
in the CFITSIO library C API.
Examples
Read the second record in each HDU.
import matlab.io.* fptr = fits.openFile('tst0012.fits'); n = fits.getHdrSpace(fptr); for j = 1:n card = fits.readRecord(fptr,j); fprintf('record %d: "%s"\n', j, card); end fits.closeFile(fptr);