matlab.io.fits.deleteRecord
Delete key by record number
Syntax
deleteRecord(fptr,keynum)
Description
deleteRecord(fptr,keynum)
deletes a keyword
by record number.
This function corresponds to the fits_delete_record
(ffdrec)
function in the CFITSIO library C API.
Examples
Delete the 18th keyword ("ORIGIN") in a primary array.
import matlab.io.* srcFile = fullfile(matlabroot,'toolbox','matlab','demos','tst0012.fits'); copyfile(srcFile,'myfile.fits'); fileattrib('myfile.fits','+w'); fptr = fits.openFile('myfile.fits','readwrite'); card = fits.readRecord(fptr,18); fits.deleteRecord(fptr,18); fits.closeFile(fptr);