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Re: How can I read data file with tab delimeter? [message #5553 is a reply to message #5548]

Thu, 11 January 1996 00:00

M.W.Gardner
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Registered: November 1995

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ashi@acacia.lle.rochester.edu (Alexei Chirokikh) wrote:
> Hi,
> I have column organized data with TAB - delimeter. How can I read this data?
>

Assuming your data is organised in a consistent manner (i.e. all rows and
columns contain the same number of data points) then thus is really easy..

Assume your file is organised with 5 columns and 4 rows and contains floating
point data.

The IDL code to read this into the array my_data is as follows

my_data=fltarr(5,4) ;define array of correct dimensions and type
openr,lun,'my_tab_file.dat',/get_lun ;open file
readf,lun,my_data ;read data into array maintaining structure in file
close,lun ;close file
free_lun,lun ;free logical file unit

IDL can reads tabs as multiple space delimiters - you do not have to specify
the fact that the delimiter is a tab.

Hope that helps - if not get in touch.

Matt
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