Conversion between the ASCII data file and the table is defined by a format file (see section 5.7). If the format file does not exist, the conversion is done automatically via list-direct input in free format. In this case only REAL*4 and integer data, without NULL values are allowed.
Command | Description |
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CREATE/TABLE | Convert from ASCII files to MTS format |
PRINT/TABLE | Transfer MTS information to the ASCII file assigned as output. The printer is used by default. |
Normally, table files should be copied to magnetic tape in the FITS format for tables (Harten et al., 1985, Mem.S.A.It., 56, 437) to make it easy to read them again on other computers. The conversion to FITS is done by the MIDAS command OUTTAPE; FITS tables are loaded onto disk by the command INTAPE.