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Re: Problem using ReadS to read a long string [message #75954] Wed, 04 May 2011 16:38 Go to previous message
Evan is currently offline  Evan
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On May 4, 5:07 pm, Paulo Penteado <pp.pente...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 4, 8:01 pm, Evan <emt...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>> I've spent quite a while on this small problem to no avail. I have a
>> long formatted string that contains data that I need to access.
>> Unfortunately, when I try to format it with ReadS, I always get an
>> "end of input data encountered" error.
>
>> The strings look like this:
>
>> pg0953_ 0.36250 Lya   -28  34108673   1108673   1   11  4   11  2
>> 65.7 13.0   73.4 13.9 e140m  18.8  6.2 13.305  0.101 -0.073 13.324
>> 0.078 -0.078 f0
>
>> And I'm using the following line of code to read it:
>
>> reads,input,root,z,ion,vthing,vaod,dvaod,vfit,dvfit,baod,dba od,bfit,dbfit,w­aod,dwaod,
>> $
>
>> wfit,dwfit,chan,wmin,snres,lnaod,dlnpaod,dlnmaod,lnfit,dlnpf it,dlnmfit,flag­,
>> $
>>                 format='(A,F,A,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,F,F,F,F,A,F,F,F,F,F,F,F,F,A )'
>
>> I've never had to use ReadS before, so I'm wondering if I'm making
>> some really simple mistake about how it works. Any ideas?
>
> The problem is the "A" at the beginning. The string read into the
> first variable will gobble up everything, leaving nothing for the rest.



Thanks so much; that solved it!
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