idlastro / FITS ASCII & Binary Table I/O: FTCREATE

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NAME
FTCREATE
PURPOSE
Create a new (blank) FITS ASCII table and header with specified size.
CALLING SEQUENCE
ftcreate, maxcols, maxrows, h, tab
INPUTS
maxcols - number of character columns allocated, integer scalar
maxrows - maximum number of rows allocated, integer scalar
OUTPUTS
h - minimal FITS Table extension header, string array
OPTIONAL OUTPUT
tab - empty table, byte array 
HISTORY
version 1  D. Lindler   July. 87
Converted to IDL V5.0   W. Landsman   September 1997
Make table creation optional, allow 1 row table, add comments to 
required FITS keywords    W. Landsman    October 2001