Description:
Create a column, simultaneously setting some of its attributes.
These attributes deliberately correspond to those usually used with FITS tables.
Invocation
CALL CAT_CNEWS (CI, FNAME, DTYPE, CSIZE, UNITS, EXTFMT, COMM; FI;
STATUS)
Arguments
CI = INTEGER (Given)
Catalogue identifier.
FNAME =
CHARACTER()
(Given)
Name of the column (or field).
DTYPE = INTEGER (Given)
Type of the column.
CSIZE = INTEGER (Given)
Size of a CHARACTER column. If the column is not
of type CHARACTER CSIZE is irrelevant; it is conventional to set it to zero.
UNITS =
CHARACTER()
(Given)
The units of the column.
EXTFMT =
CHARACTER()
(Given)
The external format for the column.
COMM =
CHARACTER()
(Given)
Comments about the column.
FI = INTEGER (Returned)
Identifier for the
column.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.
Copyright
Copyright (C) 1999 Central Laboratory of the Research Councils
Bugs:
None known