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Re: Format strings with comma separated lists [message #15353]

Tue, 11 May 1999 00:00

Martin Schultz
Messages: 515
Registered: August 1997

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Vapuser wrote:
>
> Well, am I'm surprised!
>
> [...]
> Apparently, the short answer is you don't need to use format strings
> on input, provided, I guess, the data is homogeneous and with a
> constant number of columns(?); IDL understands that you don't want the
> comma.

Here is an example of why I am really glad that IDL does support format
strings:
23.4 12.2 12.1 10.0
56.4 98.4103.2143.9
200.2232.8165.1 99.7

AND believe it or not: those files exist and there are plenty of them
;-)
Also: format strings are probably the easiest way to (safely) convert a
file that is written in e.g. 60 lines with 8 numbers per line to an
array
of (40,12) [it's just one statement!]

Martin.

puhuu. didn't know that i am that old - i know something about format !

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		Re: Format strings with comma separated lists By: Martin Schultz on Tue, 11 May 1999 00:00
		Re: Format strings with comma separated lists By: davidf on Mon, 10 May 1999 00:00
		Re: Format strings with comma separated lists By: Vapuser on Mon, 10 May 1999 00:00
		Re: Format strings with comma separated lists By: gurman on Mon, 10 May 1999 00:00

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