table.toascii - Function

Write AIPS++ table into an ASCII format

Synopsis
toascii(asciifile, headerfile, columns, sep)

Description
Write a table into an ASCII format. Both columnar data (scalar) and table keywords may be written. The separator between values can be specified and defaults to a blank. Note that columns containing arrays will be ignored (after showing a warning).

The output format is that read by the constructor tablefromascii.

If the argument headerfile is set then the header information is written to that file instead of the first two lines of the data file.

Arguments

asciifile	in	Name of ASCII file to be written
		Allowed:	String
headerfile	in	Name of an optional file defining the format
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	''
columns	in	Names of columns to be written
		Allowed:	Vector of strings
		Default:	All
sep	in	Value separator
		Allowed:	String
		Default:	' '

Returns
Bool

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	Package	utility
	Module	table
	Tool	table