fmodtab (Nov99) ftools.futils fmodtab (Nov99) NAME fmodtab -- modify the values in multiple rows of a table column INPUT PARAMETERS infile - name and extension number of the FITS table to be modified column - name of the column to be modified modfile - name of the ascii file containing a list of row numbers and the new data values for the row. If the column is a vector column, each line of the modfile would have 3 values: row number, element number, and new data value. The string value is treated as scalor. EXAMPLES Modify the values in rows 5, 7, and 9 of the 'RATE' column in the file 'myfile.fits+2': fmodtab myfile.fits+2 rate modfile where modfile looks like 5 46.4 7 54.7 9 INDEF (note that the value in row 9 is set to null) Change the value in row 6 element 4 of the 'RATE1' vector column in the first extension of file 'blah.fits' to 77.4 fmodtab blah.fits rate1 modfile2 where modfile2 looks like: 6 4 77.4 Change the value in row 6 of the 'Name' string column in the first extension of file 'text.fits' to "first string" fmodtab text.fits name modfile2 where modfile2 looks like: 6 first string or 6 "first string"