RDPLAST

Name

rdplast

Purpose (one Line Only)

Read ``plast'' output files (object lists for astrometry)

Description

File I/o

Calling Sequence

rdplast,plastfile,name,code,mag,num

Inputs

plastfile - Name of file to read

Optional Input Parameters

Keyword Input Parameters

Outputs

name - String array of names of objects
code - String array of object codes (with c and e prefix)
mag - Array of magnitudes for objects
num - Number of objects read from file, if this is 0 then name and mag
will may be undefined.

Keyword Output Parameters

Common Blocks

Side Effects

Restrictions

Procedure

Modification History

Written by Marc W. Buie, Lowell Observatory, 2002/08/16
2002/10/23, MWB, fixed a LUN leak for empty plast file reading.
2005/03/11, MWB, fixed a problem with comet names in a pla file.
2007/06/19, MWB, added special case for P objects (must be in file with
lower case p). This triggers JPL ephemeris object.