3.2.1.0 table.putcolkeyword

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table.putcolkeyword - Function

3.2.1 put a specific keyword for a column

Description

Put a keyword in the given column. The value of the keyword can be a scalar or an array of any type or it can be a record.
It is possible to define a keyword holding a subtable. In that case a special string containing the name of the subtable will be passed to the table client.
It is possible that the value of a keyword is a record itself (arbitrarily deeply nested). A field in such a subrecord can be written by separating the name with dots. If a subrecord does not exist, an error is returned unless makesubrecord=True is given. In such a case intermediate records are created when needed.

Arguments


Inputs
columnname	Name of column
	allowed:	string
	Default:
keyword	Name or seqnr of keyword,string or int
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant
value	Value of keyword
	allowed:	any
	Default:	variant

Returns
bool

Example

  tb.open("3C273XC1.MS", nomodify=False)
  ckw=tb.getcolkeyword("UVW","QuantumUnits")
  print ckw
  # modify ckw as desired
  tb.putcolkeyword("UVW","QuantumUnits",ckw)
# True
  tb.flush()
# True

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