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Re: Read Total lines in an ASCII file [message #33316 is a reply to message #33219] Mon, 16 December 2002 09:06 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Paul Van Delst[1] is currently offline  Paul Van Delst[1]
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Robert Moss wrote:
>
> Mark Hadfield wrote:
>> *snip*
>>
>> ... IDL arrays *look* like they can be extended,
>> but in fact every time you extend an IDL array you create a new one.
>>
>
> What about this then?
>
> array = [ TEMPORARY( array ), new_element ]
>
> Pointless?

Slow. Especially if your "array" gets biggish. For small files it's a quick and easy
method and I use it. When I know I'll be reading large numbers of data, I use the Knight
routine DDREAD. Works well.

paulv

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