TOPCAT - Tool for OPerations on Catalogues And Tables
Version 1.5

Starlink User Note 253
Mark Taylor
March 2005

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Starlink Project

Contents

• Abstract
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Apparent Table
• 2.1 Row Subsets
• 2.1.1 Defining Subsets
• 2.2 Row Order
• 2.3 Column Set
• 3 Table Formats
• 3.1 Supported Input Formats
• 3.1.1 FITS
• 3.1.2 VOTable
• 3.1.3 ASCII
• 3.1.4 Comma-Separated Values
• 3.1.5 SQL Database Queries
• 3.1.6 World Data Center
• 3.2 Supported Output Formats
• 3.2.1 FITS
• 3.2.2 VOTable
• 3.2.3 ASCII
• 3.2.4 Text
• 3.2.5 Comma-Separated Values
• 3.2.6 SQL Tables
• 3.2.7 HTML
• 3.2.8 LaTeX
• 3.2.9 Mirage Format
• 3.3 Custom I/O Formats
• 4 Joins and Matches
• 4.1 Concatenating Tables
• 4.2 Matching Rows Between Tables
• 4.3 Matching Rows Within a Table
• 4.4 Notes on Matching
• 5 Activation Actions
• 6 Algebraic Expression Syntax
• 6.1 Referencing Cell Values
• 6.2 Referencing Row Subset Flags
• 6.3 Null Values
• 6.4 Operators
• 6.5 Functions
• 6.5.1 General Functions
• 6.5.2 Activation Functions
• 6.5.3 Technical Note
• 6.6 Instance Methods
• 6.7 Examples
• 6.8 Adding User-Defined Functions
• 7 Invoking TOPCAT
• 7.1 TOPCAT Command-line Arguments
• 7.2 Java Options
• 7.2.1 Class Path
• 7.2.2 Memory Size
• 7.2.3 System properties
• 7.3 JDBC Configuration
• 7.4 Examples
• 8 Acknowledgements
• 9 Release Notes
• 9.1 Version History
• A TOPCAT Windows
• A.1 Common Window Features
• A.1.1 Toolbar
• A.1.2 Menus
• A.1.3 JTables
• A.2 Control Window
• A.2.1 Table List
• A.2.2 Current Table Properties panel
• A.2.3 Toolbar Buttons
• A.2.4 Menu Items
• A.3 Table View Windows
• A.3.1 Data Window
• A.3.2 Parameters Window
• A.3.3 Columns Window
• A.3.4 Subsets Window
• A.3.5 Statistics Window
• A.3.6 Plot Window
• A.3.6.1 Defining Subsets From Plots
• A.4 Load Window
• A.4.1 Filestore Browser
• A.4.2 Hierarchy Browser
• A.4.2.1 Navigation
• A.4.2.2 Table Searches
• A.4.3 SQL Query
• A.4.4 Cone Search
• A.4.5 Example Tables
• A.5 Save Window
• A.5.1 Enter Location
• A.5.2 Filestore Browser
• A.5.3 SQL Output Dialogue
• A.6 Concatenation Window
• A.7 Pair Match Window
• A.7.1 Match Criteria
• A.7.2 Column Selection Boxes
• A.7.3 Output Rows Selector Box
• A.8 Internal Match Window
• A.8.1 Internal Match Action box
• A.9 Activation Window
• A.9.1 Viewer Applications
• A.10 Help Window
• A.11 New Parameter Window
• A.12 Synthetic Column Window
• A.13 Algebraic Subset Window
• A.14 Available Functions Window
• B Tablecopy