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This makes it easy for any program to get data from the MTS and to transfer data into it. Thus, output files from text editors and Database systems containing table data in a fixed format can directly be transferred into the MTS format. <P> Conversion between the ASCII data file and the table is defined by a format file (see section <A HREF="node67.html#table-format-files">5.7</A>). If the format file does not exist, the conversion is done automatically via list-direct input in free format. In this case only REAL*4 and integer data, without <TT>NULL</TT> values are allowed. <BR> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"><A NAME="6066"> </A> <TABLE> <CAPTION><STRONG>Table 5.1:</STRONG> Conversion between ASCII Files and MIDAS Tables</CAPTION> <TR><TD> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE CELLPADDING=3 BORDER="1" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=1><B> Command</B></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=1><B> Description</B></TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=1><TT>CREATE/TABLE </TT></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=1>Convert from ASCII files to MTS format</TD> </TR> <TR><TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=1><TT>PRINT/TABLE </TT></TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" WIDTH=1>Transfer MTS information to the ASCII file assigned as output. The printer is used by default.</TD> </TR> </TABLE></DIV> <A NAME="ascii-file-to-midas-table-conversion"> </A> </TD></TR> </TABLE> </DIV> <BR> <P> Normally, table files should be copied to magnetic tape in the FITS format for tables (Harten et <I>al.</I>, 1985, <I>Mem.S.A.It.</I>, <B>56</B>, 437) to make it easy to read them again on other computers. 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