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Re: Reading files with unknown amount of data [message #1465 is a reply to message #1464]

Thu, 30 September 1993 10:32

pat
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Registered: June 1992

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Robert Davis (rdavis@aerospace.aero.org) wrote:
> I am trying to read a data file containing an unknown amount of data into
> arrays in IDL. I know the format of the data in the file, but not the number
> of pieces of data in the file. Currently, I read the file twice; once to
> determine the amount of data in the file and then a second time to actually
> read the data into an array (now that I know the size of array needed).
> Is there a better way to do this (without having to read the file twice)?

I think you want the built-in routine FSTAT.

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		Re: Reading files with unknown amount of data By: pendleton on Thu, 04 November 1993 09:46
		Re: Reading files with unknown amount of data By: alans on Thu, 04 November 1993 08:09
		Re: Reading files with unknown amount of data By: zawodny on Thu, 04 November 1993 04:44
		Re: Reading files with unknown amount of data By: brau1231 on Thu, 04 November 1993 03:12
		Re: Reading files with unknown amount of data By: sterne on Thu, 30 September 1993 16:38
		Re: Reading files with unknown amount of data By: zawodny on Thu, 30 September 1993 12:27
		Re: Reading files with unknown amount of data By: pat on Thu, 30 September 1993 10:32
		Re: Reading files with unknown amount of data By: jim on Thu, 30 September 1993 10:47
		Re: Reading files with unknown amount of dat By: oet on Fri, 05 November 1993 00:28

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