#### Description:

This attribute gives the index of the `"` current`"` FITS header card within a FitsChan, the first card having an index of 1. The choice of current card affects the behaviour of functions that access the contents of the FitsChan, such as astDelFits, astFindFits and astPutFits.

A value assigned to Card will position the FitsChan at any desired point, so that a particular card within it can be accessed. Alternatively, the value of Card may be enquired in order to determine the current position of a FitsChan.

The default value of Card is 1. This means that clearing this attribute (using astClear) effectively `"` rewinds`"` the FitsChan, so that the first card is accessed next. If Card is set to a value which exceeds the total number of cards in the FitsChan (as given by its Ncard attribute), it is regarded as pointing at the `"` end-of-file`"` . In this case, the value returned in response to an enquiry is always one more than the number of cards in the FitsChan.

Type:

  Integer.

#### Applicability

##### FitsChan

All FitsChans have this attribute.
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