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Re: Printf and line breaks [message #23234 is a reply to message #23229]

Sat, 20 January 2001 08:33

Med Bennett
Messages: 109
Registered: April 1997

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Sure. You just need to add a format statement, like

printf, filetpr, val1, val2, val3, val4, val5, val6, format='(6f8.1)'

or whatever format you want the numbers to be in.

ALAN FRAZIER wrote:

> Sorry to bother everyone again. I am just beginning my enduring journey of
> learning IDL and keep running into obstacles.
>
> My current problem is with printf. I am trying to create a text output
> file that can be imported into a spreadsheet. My problem is that printf is
> automatically line wrapping. For example:
>
> printf, filetpr, val1, val2, val3, val4, val5, val6,
>
> is producing output where val1, val2, val3, and val4 are on a single line.
> But, val5 and val6 are placed on the following line. NOTE: I am actually
> trying to print 10 different floats on the same line.
>
> I did think about converting all the values into one long string and
> printing that string. But, this issue was still a problem.
>
> Anyone have any ideas about how to fix this? Is a solution even possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alan

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		Re: Printf and line breaks By: T Bowers on Mon, 22 January 2001 06:49
		Re: Printf and line breaks By: Med Bennett on Sat, 20 January 2001 08:33
		Re: Printf and line breaks By: davidf on Fri, 19 January 2001 15:14
		Re: Printf and line breaks By: Pavel A. Romashkin on Fri, 19 January 2001 13:43
		Re: Printf and line breaks By: s007amf on Fri, 19 January 2001 12:04
		Re: Printf and line breaks By: Jason P. Meyers on Mon, 22 January 2001 08:02

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