AIPS HELP file for FORMAT in 31DEC26

As of Thu Mar 12 4:11:44 2026

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FORMAT
Type: Adverb  (Real)
Use:  Used to specify the format to be used by some task.
Null value: 0.0 => task-dependent value.
Tasks:
   FITAB.........Writes images / uv data w extensions to tape in FITS
                 format.  UV data are in table format.  FORMAT as FITTP.
   FITTP.........Writes uv or image data followed by any table data in
                 FITS format on tape or disk.  FORMAT = n, where n = 1
                 for 16-bit integer, 2 for 32-bit integer, 3 for IEEE
                 floating.
   MFPRT.........Prints MF tables in a format needed by modelling
                 software.  FORMAT = -1 supresses row numbers in output.
   QUOUT.........Writes text file of Q, U versus frequency to be used by
                 RLDIF.  FORMAT > 1.5 outputs polarization angle rather
                 than Q and U.
Procedures:
   FITDISK.......Writes images / uv data w extensions to disk in FITS
                 format.  FORMAT sent to FITTP.
   VLBAARCH......Procedure to archive VLBA correlator data,
   WRTDISK.......Writes images / uv data w extensions to disk in FITS
                 format.  FORMAT sent to FITTP.
Verbs:
   GETDATE.......Convert the current date and time to a string.  FORMAT
                 controls the form of the output string.

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