| Writing an array of a structure to a file [message #210] |
Tue, 11 February 1992 09:06 |
rfinch
Messages: 51
Registered: March 1991
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PV-Wave 3.1, Sun 4.
I've got an array of a structure which must be sorted and duplicate
entries deleted. Since PV-Wave's sort can only handle simple arrays
(not structures), I want to dump the array structure to an ascii file
and use Unix sort on it.
However, since the array is large (up to 5000 elements), I don't want
to use a "for" loop. What is want to do is say:
writef, unit, catlg_sta, format='(7a,3i10)'
where structure is defined as:
catlg_stru = {catlg, a:' ', b:' ', c:' ', e:' ', f:' ', $
d_st:' ', d_ed:' ', jul_st:0L, jul_ed:0L, dssfile:0L}
catlg_sta = replicate({catlg}, 5000)
However, curiously each tag field of each array element is put on its
own line. And stranger, it doesn't seem to make a lot of difference
just what the format is! A format of '(a)' produces the same result.
Free format is no good, as it decides itself where line breaks occur;
not good for subsequent sorting.
Any ideas how I can get each array element on its own line?
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Ralph Finch 916-653-8268
rfinch@water.ca.gov ...ucbvax!ucdavis!caldwr!rfinch
Any opinions expressed are my own; they do not represent the DWR
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