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Re: SYLK [message #56594 is a reply to message #9357]

Mon, 05 November 2007 09:30

Rick Towler
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Registered: August 1998

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I seem to remember that you can't write mixed types using write_sylk.
What you can do is modify the write_sylk function such that it does what
you need. It's pretty simple.

For example, A long time ago I had someone who really wanted to create
sylk files and also wanted to insert column headers. make_sylk was
born. You pass a structure:

dat={header:['x','y','z'], data:[1,2,3]}

And the structure is written to file from left to right. Tag names are
irrelevant. The contents of the first tag will be completely written,
then the contents of the second, and so on.

This may not be exactly what you are looking for but the point is that
the modifications are pretty simple. You'll of course need to pass the
data in as a struct, then figure our how you'll have to pick out the
data you need in the order you need it. write_sylk is in your idl "lib"
directory. Make a copy of it and have at it.

My version of make_sylk can be found here:

http://www.acoustics.washington.edu/~towler/programs/make_sy lk.pro

-Rick

Jeff wrote:
> Hi there...
>
> I'd like to know if I can use WRITE_SILK to save float and string data
> together.
> Suppose I have tw arrays:
>
> a=[1.2, 2.3, 4.5, 2.1]
> b=['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']
>
> Is it possible to join these arrays in one file using WRITE_SILK??
>
> Thanks!
> Julio
>

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		SYLK files <--> IDL structure? By: William T.(Tom) Bridg on Thu, 19 June 1997 00:00
		Re: SYLK By: Rick Towler on Mon, 05 November 2007 09:30
		Re: SYLK By: Jeff[2] on Thu, 08 November 2007 08:39
		Re: SYLK By: Jeff[2] on Sun, 04 November 2007 05:58
		Re: SYLK By: David Fanning on Sat, 03 November 2007 18:22
		Re: SYLK By: Jeff[2] on Sat, 03 November 2007 17:28
		Re: SYLK By: R.G.Stockwell on Sat, 03 November 2007 16:05
		Re: SYLK By: David Fanning on Sat, 03 November 2007 14:50
		Re: SYLK By: Jeff[2] on Sat, 03 November 2007 13:57
		Re: SYLK By: David Fanning on Sat, 03 November 2007 13:47

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