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Re: extract numbers from string [message #44585 is a reply to message #44518]

Wed, 22 June 2005 07:27

Norbert Hahn
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Registered: May 2003

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"Tobi" <tbeetz@yahoo.com> wrote:

> i have a data file with a header that has several lines, which i read
> with
>
> readf,1,firstline
> readf,1,secondline
> ....
>
> firstline is a string that looks like
> xpixels = 1024
>
> i am trying to convert this to a variable called nx which has the value
> 1024.
>
> is there a clean and easy way to do this?

I would use

reads, firstline, nx, format="(9X,I5)"

The format statment cause reads to skip 9 characters and then expect up to 5
digits for an integer number.

HTH
Norbert

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		extract numbers from string By: Tobi on Tue, 21 June 2005 13:59
		Re: extract numbers from string By: enod on Thu, 23 June 2005 01:30
		Re: extract numbers from string By: Haje Korth on Wed, 22 June 2005 05:18
		Re: extract numbers from string By: Norbert Hahn on Wed, 22 June 2005 07:27
		Re: extract numbers from string By: Ken Mankoff on Wed, 22 June 2005 05:55
		Re: extract numbers from string By: Haje Korth on Wed, 22 June 2005 07:10
		Re: extract numbers from string By: R.Bauer on Tue, 05 July 2005 13:19

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