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Re: Ascii-import [message #32030 is a reply to message #32029]

Tue, 10 September 2002 06:00

R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998

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David Fanning wrote:
> Thomas Jordi (tschordi@giub.unibe.ch) writes:
>
>
>> it may sound dumb but i have problems importing ascii.
>> The file I want to import looks like this
>>
>> /path/filename.file
>> /path/filename.file
>> ...
>>
>> when using the toolbar button, I get the desired input, a struct
>> containg a field with as much strings as lines in the file.
>> But i like to use the ascii_read function, and this just doesnt work.
>> Well, it does work with a template, but then again I'm using this
>> graphical interface which I dont want to use.
>>
>> There isn't a keyword in the read_ascii function, to say only on record
>> per row, each row is a recrod, at least I dont find it. Perhaps it has
>> something to do with the fact, that I want to import strings and not
>> integers.
>>
>> any help would be appreciated
>
>
> There are much easier ways to read this kind of data
> than READ_ASCII. Here is an example using the COUNT_ROWS
> program you can find on my web page:
>
> num_rows = Count_Rows(filename)
> data = StrArr(num_rows)
> OpenR, lun, filename, /Get_Lun
> ReadF, lun, data
> Free_Lun, lun
>
> Cheers,
>
> David

Dear David,

I believe you are telling from
http://www.dfanning.com/tip_examples/file_line.pro

or whats the difference.

regards

Reimar

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		Re: Ascii-import By: David Fanning on Tue, 10 September 2002 07:38
		Re: Ascii-import By: R.Bauer on Tue, 10 September 2002 07:20
		Re: Ascii-import By: David Fanning on Tue, 10 September 2002 06:58
		Re: Ascii-import By: Thomas Jordi on Tue, 10 September 2002 06:40
		Re: Ascii-import By: David Fanning on Tue, 10 September 2002 06:31
		Re: Ascii-import By: R.Bauer on Tue, 10 September 2002 06:00
		Re: Ascii-import By: David Fanning on Tue, 10 September 2002 05:59
		Re: Ascii-import By: R.Bauer on Tue, 10 September 2002 04:34
		Re: Ascii-import By: thompson on Thu, 12 September 2002 08:06

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