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%.COPYRIGHT  (c)  1990 European Southern Observatory
%.IDENT      merge_tabl.hlq
%.AUTHOR     JDP, IPG/ESO
%.KEYWORDS   MIDAS, help files, MERGE/TABLE
%.PURPOSE    On-line help file for the command: MERGE/TABLE
%.VERSION    1.0  12-OCT-1983 : Creation, JDP
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SECTION./TABL
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MERGE/TABLE						12-OCT-1983  JDP
\oc\su
MERGE/TABLE intable [intable ...] outtable
	merge table files
\us\pu
Purpose:    
            Merge table files. The output table will consist of the same
            columns as the first input table and as many rows as the total
            set of input tables.
            The command can be used in connection with the SELECT/TABLE
            command to produce subtables of the table(s) specified as input.
\up\sy
Syntax:
	    MERGE/TABLE intable [intable ...] outtable
\ys\pa
            intable = input table name(s)
\ap\pa
            outtable = resulting table name
\on/see
See also:
	    COPY/TABLE    
\ap\no
Note:       
	    Since max. 8 parameters are used per command in Midas,
            at most 7 input tables can be merged.
\on\exs
Examples:
\ex
            MERGE/TABLE table1 table2 table3 output
              Merge selected rows of 'table1.tbl', 'table2.tbl', and 
	      'table3.tbl' into newly created table 'output.tbl'.
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