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%.COPYRIGHT  (c)  1990-2007 European Southern Observatory
%.IDENT      show_tabl.hlq
%.AUTHOR     JDP, IPG/ESO
%.KEYWORDS   MIDAS, help files, SHOW/TABLE
%.PURPOSE    On-line help file for the command: SHOW/TABLE
%.VERSION    1.0  17-OCT-1983 : Creation, JDP
%.VERSION    1.1  04-Mar-1991 : New table version, FO
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SHOW/TABLE						16-APR-2007 JDP, KB
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SHOW/TABLE table [displ_flag]
	display table parameters
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Purpose:      Display table parameters
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Syntax:       SHOW/TABLE table [displ_flag]
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              table = name of table file
\ap\pa
              displ_flag = full or short, to display the info of
		   all individual columns (the default), 
		   or just the global info
\ap\out
Output:
              The following information is stored in keywords :

              OUTPUTI(1) - No. of columns in the table
                     (2) - No. of rows in the table
                     (3) - Number of the sorted column,( 0 if no sorted)
                     (4) - Number of the column used as reference,
                           (0 if SEQUENCE)
                     (5) - Number of allocated columns
                     (6) - Number of allocated rows
                     (7) - Store value, as 0 (columnwise) / 1 (rowwise)
                     (8) - Number of selected rows
              These informations are also stored in the descriptor TBLCONTR
              of the table.
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Note:         
              The text "Old transposed  format" means that your table was
	      created with the Old Midas Table File system. Any operation
              which will modify the table will convert it to the New 
              Table File system (implemented in MIDAS since the 91MAY release). 
              This new format IS NOT readable by MIDAS releases older than
              91MAY. The command RETRO/TAB is available to convert the new
              format into the old one.
 
	      Setting the param. 'displ_flag' to short is very useful for 
	      tables with many columns.
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See also:
              READ/DESCR mytable.tbl *
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Examples:
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              SHOW/TABLE mytable
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              SHOW/TABLE mytable short
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