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From: Daniel Durand,P=xxxx,R=xxx
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 21:14

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We are trying to desing special fits ingesters for moving headers content into a 
database system when we encounter the following case:

CARD    = 'data 2.5' '  / 10 '

This card (I just type in the worst case we could imagine) has no comment but how to detect
that. It seams that each case we have with a single quote following a slash will create an
ambigous situation. Is there any solution to this?. 

We have checked within the standard FITS document and haven't found anything which will 
remove this ambiguity.


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Daniel Durand					P:604-363-0052                 Canadian Astronomy Data Center			durand@dao.nrc.ca             Dominion Astrophysical Observatory		                              
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