CCfits - HEASARC - NASA

7 Creating and Writing to an Ascii Table Extension 16
{
// Create an ASCII Table extension containing 3 columns and 6 rows *
//******************************************************************
// declare auto-pointer to FITS at function scope. Ensures no resources
// leaked if something fails in dynamic allocation.
std::auto_ptr pFits(0);
try
{
const std::string fileName("atestfil.fit");
// append the new extension to file created in previous function call.
// CCfits writing constructor.
// if this had been a new file, then the following code would create
// a dummy primary array with BITPIX=8 and NAXIS=0.
pFits.reset( new FITS(fileName,Write) );
}
catch (CCfits::FITS::CantOpen)
{
// ... or not, as the case may be.
return -1;
}
unsigned long rows(6);
string hduName("PLANETS_ASCII");
std::vector colName(3,"");
std::vector colForm(3,"");
std::vector colUnit(3,"");
/* define the name, datatype, and physical units for the 3 columns */
colName[0] = "Planet";
colName[1] = "Diameter";
colName[2] = "Density";
colForm[0] = "a8";
colForm[1] = "i6";
colForm[2] = "f4.2";
colUnit[0] = "";
colUnit[1] = "km";
colUnit[2] = "g/cm^-3";
std::vector planets(rows);
const char *planet[] = {"Mercury", "Venus", "Earth",
"Mars","Jupiter","Saturn"};
const char *mnemoy[] = {"Many", "Volcanoes", "Erupt",
"Mulberry","Jam","Sandwiches","Under",
"Normal","Pressure"};
long diameter[] = { 4880, 12112, 12742, 6800, 143000,
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