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Re: String Data file [message #35858 is a reply to message #35857]

Wed, 30 July 2003 21:26

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Karthikayan Balakrishnan <lovedale27@hotmail.NOSPAM.com.PLEASEREMOVETHIS> wrote:
> Hello All,
> I have a data file that looks like this:
> abc 1 2
> def 3 4.5
> ghij 2.3 23.44
> ...
> ...
> The first column is string, the next two are
> floating point. Is there any way I can read such a file?
> I am familiar with counting the number of rows and reading
> data file with just numbers, but this combination of numbers
> and strings is too much for me.

Grab a copy of readcol.pro from
http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/ftp/pro/misc/readcol.pro

Then it's just as simple as
readcol,"filename.txt",format="A,F,F,",col1var,col2var,col3var

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		Re: String Data file By: R.Bauer on Thu, 31 July 2003 23:57
		Re: String Data file By: Pavel Romashkin on Thu, 31 July 2003 13:38
		Re: String Data file By: David Fanning on Thu, 31 July 2003 10:52
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		Re: String Data file By: R.Bauer on Thu, 31 July 2003 00:02
		Re: String Data file By: mperrin+news on Wed, 30 July 2003 21:26
		Re: String Data file By: andrew.cool on Wed, 30 July 2003 19:55
		Re: String Data file By: Rick Towler on Wed, 30 July 2003 16:30

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