A high level routine that returns the column number for a quantity in a table file. Unlike the more basic "find_table_column_num" this routine takes only the base name of the table file. In addition, the parameter name is searched for first in a "basename.parlab" file, but if that is not present, then it searches for the quantity in a "basename.params" file. A major workhorse routine used here is find_table_column_num.

% table_column_find --help    

Usage: table_column_find A AnnAv 
arg1 - basename of table file (A for A.table)   
arg2 - parameter name 
arg3 - run in debug/verbose mode (Y/N)  

Hence, if a basename of A1 is specified, then we should have a file 
"A1.table" (that contains the table) and at least one of the files: 
  A1.parlab , A1.params 

EXAMPLES:

% cat A1.table
# A sample table file 
# data
  24.539   537.000   366.964    20.979    19.318    18.759    22.105    19.969    19.083    
  19.847   590.000   393.234    19.724    18.945    18.773    20.355    19.241    18.774  
  18.473  3667.500   355.787    17.349    16.139    15.100    18.222    16.608    15.825    
  14.104 64183.000   401.363    12.288    11.944    12.692    12.675    12.065    11.926   

% cat A1.param
mag_inst
Peak
AnnAv
g
r
i
B
V
R

First, we have only the A1.params file present:
% table_column_find A1 g Y 
Debug flag is ON in table_column_find
Table file basename = A1 
params file         = A1.params 
parlab file         = A1.parlab 
parameter name      = g 
Enter any key to continue:
Column number = 4
 4

% table_column_find A1 g N 
 4


Next, I build a parlabs file. This file is more useful for running plot 
routines like "xyplotter_auto". 
% cat A1.parlab 
mag_inst   Instrumental magnitude (EXPTIME-adjusted) 
Peak       Peak raw cound (adu) 
AnnAv      Mean background annulus level (adu) 
g          Gunn g (PS1) 
r          Gunn r (PS1)
i          Gunn i (PS1)
B          Trnasformed B 
V          Trnasformed V 
R          Trnasformed R 

NOTE: I delete my params file, so that only *.parlab is present.
% table_column_find A1 g N 
 4

Here again I find that the g magnitude is in column 4. 
 
Finally, we input a bad (unrecognized) name: 
% table_column_find A1 Peako N 
 0