Name

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TBDELROW

Purpose

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Delete specified row or rows of data from a FITS binary table

Calling Sequence

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TBDELROW, h, tab, rows
  INPUTS-OUPUTS
h,tab - FITS binary table header and data array. H and TAB will
be updated on output with the specified row(s) deleted.
rows - scalar or vector, specifying the row numbers to delete
First row has index 0. If a vector it will be sorted and
duplicates removed by TBDELROW

Example

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Compress a table to include only non-negative flux values
flux = TBGET(h,tab,'FLUX') ;Obtain original flux vector
bad = where(flux lt 0) ;Find negative fluxes
TBDELROW,h,tab,bad ;Delete rows with negative fluxes

Procedure

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Specified rows are deleted from the data array, TAB. The NAXIS2
keyword in the header is updated.

Revision History

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Written W. Landsman STX Co. August, 1988
Checked for IDL Version 2, J. Isensee, July, 1990
Converted to IDL V5.0 W. Landsman September 1997