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Re: reading hdf files [message #63144 is a reply to message #913]

Wed, 29 October 2008 04:10

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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TimLS writes:

> Has anyone else had problems reading hdf files? I'm using a program
> that uses a variety of the H5* routines in IDL version 6.2.. I read
> one of my data files and the program takes around 5 seconds. I read a
> couple more files and suddenly it takes an age to read. The solution I
> adopt is to shutdown IDL and re-start at the point that I'd got to.
> Programming purists may disapprove but it works for me as all I'm
> doing with the data is writing it out to another format. Presumably
> there is some kind of memory allocation problem going on, but what can
> I do about it?

I think your best bet might be to read this article:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: reading hdf files By: loebasboy on Wed, 29 October 2008 06:06
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