`astropy.io.fits.column:_parse_tdisp_format`

source: /astropy/io/fits/column.py :2600

Signature

def _parse_tdisp_format ( tdisp )

Summary

Parse the TDISPn keywords for ASCII and binary tables into a (format, width, precision, exponential) tuple (the TDISP values for ASCII and binary are identical except for 'Lw', which is only present in BINTABLE extensions.

Parameters

tdisp : str: TDISPn FITS Header keyword. Used to specify display formatting.

Returns

: formatc: str: The format characters from TDISPn
: width: str: The width int value from TDISPn
: precision: str: The precision int value from TDISPn
: exponential: str: The exponential int value from TDISPn

Aliases

astropy.io.fits.column._parse_tdisp_format