matlab.io.fits.insertRows

Insert rows into table

Syntax

insertRows(fptr,firstrow,nrows)


Description

insertRows(fptr,firstrow,nrows) inserts rows into an ASCII or binary table. firstrow is a one-based number.

This function corresponds to the fits_insert_rows (ffirow) function in the CFITSIO library C API.

Examples

Insert five rows into an empty table.

import matlab.io.*
fptr = fits.createFile('myfile.fits');
ttype = {'Col1','Col2'};
tform = {'3A','1D'};
tunit = {'m/s','candela'};
fits.createTbl(fptr,'binary',0,ttype,tform,tunit,'my-table');
fits.insertRows(fptr,1,5);
fits.closeFile(fptr);
fitsdisp('myfile.fits','index',2);