FTS1_GVALC

Extracts a string value from a FITS header

Description:

This routines determines the location of a character value within a FITS header and hence the value itself. The location of the delimiting quote marks and string value are returned.

Invocation

CALL FTS1_GVALC( HEADER, CSTART, CEND, VALUE, STATUS )

Arguments

HEADER = CHARACTER ∗ ( ∗ ) (Given)
The FITS header ’ card’ whose value is to be extractd.
CSTART = INTEGER (Given)
The column containing the leading quote of the string value. This is set to zero if no string value could be found.
CEND = INTEGER (Given)
The column containing the trailing quote of the string value. This is set to zero if no string value could be found.
VALUE = CHARACTER ∗ ( ∗ ) (Returned)
The character value. CARD should contain at least 68 characters. A blabnnk string is returned if the header failed to contain a character value.
STATUS = INTEGER (Given and Returned)
The global status.

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