Display Format
By changing the display format of a column in a FITS table, one
actually changes the TDISP keyword in the header of the CHDU. If the
TDISP keyword does not exist, the entry field will be initially empty.
A new TDISP keyword will be inserted when a value is entered and the
Apply button pressed. If the TDISP keyword field is empty when Apply
is clicked, a pre-existing keyword will be deleted.
The allowed forms of the TDISP keyword for standard FITS files are:
- Aw -- character string
- Lw -- logical (T, F or U (undefined))
- Iw.m -- integers
- Bw.m -- Binary integers
- Ow.m -- Octal integers
- Zw.m -- Hexadecimal integers
- Fw.d -- Floating-points
- Ew.dEe, ENw.d, ESw.d -- Exponential form
- Gw.dEe -- In either Floating-points form or exponential form
- Dw.dEe -- Double precision
where w is the width of the displayed value in characters, m is
the minimum number of digits to display (filled with leading 0s),
d is the number of digits after the decimal point, and e is the
number of digits in the exponent.
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