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Re: reading in a csv file [message #43010]

Sat, 12 March 2005 10:03

mperrin+news
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Registered: May 2001

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FSD <frank@digennaro-dot-com> wrote:
> Hello All;
> I am trying to read in a .csv file with IDL and I am finding that it
> is not a trivial thing to do. In Perl, it would take 3 seconds to read in.
> Has anyone written a generic procedure to do this? Any help would be
> appreciated.

Check out readcol.pro from the Goddard idl astronomy library.
http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov

- Marshall

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Re: reading in a csv file [message #43011 is a reply to message #43010]

Sat, 12 March 2005 09:31

R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998

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FSD wrote:

> Hello All;
> I am trying to read in a .csv file with IDL and I am finding that
> it
> is not a trivial thing to do. In Perl, it would take 3 seconds to read in.
> Has anyone written a generic procedure to do this? Any help would be
> appreciated.
> Thanks
> FSD

there are several routines, solutions available. read_data_file is from our
library.

if data is not of type string mixed with numbers
x=read_data_file(file)

if it is mixed or you like type dependent reading
x=read_data_file(file,/vstruct)

http://www.fz-juelich.de/icg/icg-i/idl_icglib/idl_source/idl _html/dbase
read_data_file_dbase.pro.html

cheers
Reimar

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