read.fitskey: Read FITS Header Keyword
In astro: Astronomy Functions, Tools and Routines
Description
Usage
Arguments
Details
Value
Author(s)
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Description
The mid-level function 'read.fitskey' allows FITS header keywords to be read directly into R.
Usage
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2
read.fitskey(key, file, hdu = 1, comments = FALSE,
strip = c(" ","'"," "), maxlines = 50000)
Arguments
key
header keyword (may be a vector)
file
file name
hdu
header and data unit to be read
comments
output header comments?
strip
lead/trail characters stripped from header 'value' data
maxlines
maximum number of header lines
Details
The mid-level function 'read.fitskey' is a wrapper around 'read.fits', and provides a more simplistic output of that routine.
Value
A vector of data equal in length to the input key request. NA is returned where no keys have been found.
Author(s)
Lee Kelvin <lee.kelvin@uibk.ac.at>
See Also
The astronomy package: astro.
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Description Usage Arguments Details Value Author(s) See Also
Description
The mid-level function 'read.fitskey' allows FITS header keywords to be read directly into R.
Usage
1 2 | read.fitskey(key, file, hdu = 1, comments = FALSE,
strip = c(" ","'"," "), maxlines = 50000)
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Arguments
key |
header keyword (may be a vector) |
file |
file name |
hdu |
header and data unit to be read |
comments |
output header comments? |
strip |
lead/trail characters stripped from header 'value' data |
maxlines |
maximum number of header lines |
Details
The mid-level function 'read.fitskey' is a wrapper around 'read.fits', and provides a more simplistic output of that routine.
Value
A vector of data equal in length to the input key request. NA is returned where no keys have been found.
Author(s)
Lee Kelvin <lee.kelvin@uibk.ac.at>
See Also
The astronomy package: astro.
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