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matlab.io.fits.writeDate

Write DATE keyword to CHU

Syntax

writeDate(FPTR)

Description

writeDate(FPTR) writes the DATE keyword to the CHU.

This function corresponds to the fits_write_date (ffpdat) function in the CFITSIO library C API.

Examples

import matlab.io.*
fptr = fits.createFile('myfile.fits');
fits.createImg(fptr,'byte_img',[100 200]);
fits.writeDate(fptr);
fits.closeFile(fptr);
fitsdisp('myfile.fits','mode','full');