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%.COPYRIGHT  (c)  1990 European Southern Observatory
%.IDENT      indiskasci.hlq
%.AUTHOR     KB, IPG/ESO
%.KEYWORDS   MIDAS, help files, INDISK/ASCII
%.PURPOSE    On-line help file for the command: INDISK/ASCII
%.VERSION    1.0  02-MAR-1995 : Creation, KB
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INDISK/ASCII						02-MAR-1995  KB
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INDISK/ASCII in_file [out_file] [npix_string]
	read ASCII file from disk + convert to Midas image
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Purpose:
	  Read ASCII file from disk + convert to Midas image
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Syntax: 
          INDISK/ASCII in_file [out_file] [npix_string]
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          in_file = name of input ASCII file
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          out_file = name of Midas image (max. 3 dimensions);
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              defaulted to toto.bdf
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          npix_string =  optional string with naxis,npix(1),npix(2),npix(3);
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              if not given, a 1-dim image with the no. of pixels read from
              the ASCII file is created; that is the default
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See also:
          OUTDISK/ASCII, INDISK/FITS, INTAPE/FITS, CREATE/IMAGE, CREATE/TABLE
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Note:  
          If the ASCII file has less pixels than required (possible, if 
          npix_string is specified) the remaining image pixels are set to
          the contents of keyword NULL(1), the user defined null value.
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Examples:
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          INDISK/ASCII zapato.asc bota
            Read ASCII file `zapato.asc' and convert it to the 1-dim image
            `bota,bdf'. NPIX(1) of `bota.bdf' will be set to the no. of pixels
            stored in `zapato.asc'.
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          INDISK/ASCII ascii.data ? 2,200,400
            Read ASCII file `ascii.data' and convert it to the 2-dim image
            `toto,bdf', NPIX(1,2) of `toto.bdf' is set to 200,400. If 
            `ascii.data' does not contain 80000 pixels, the remaining pixels 
            of `toto.bdf' are set to the contents of keyword NULL(1).
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