matlab.io.fits.getNumCols

Get number of columns in table

Syntax

ncols = getNumCols(fptr)


Description

ncols = getNumCols(fptr) gets the number of columns in the current FITS table. This function corresponds to the fits_get_num_cols (ffgncl) function in the CFITSIO library C API.

Examples

import matlab.io.*
fptr = fits.openFile('tst0012.fits');
fits.movAbsHDU(fptr,2);
ncols = fits.getNumCols(fptr);
nrows = fits.getNumRows(fptr);
fits.closeFile(fptr);