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Binary Table Bit Format Columns

The FITSIO subroutines internally handle bit array columns (with TFORM = 'nX') as Byte array columns. For instance if TFORM = '13X', then this is interpreted as if TFORM = '2B'. The FTGCX and FTPCLX subroutines may be used to read or write individual bits in these fields.