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Re: Reading ASCII [message #4799 is a reply to message #4706]

Sun, 23 July 1995 00:00

Mark Hadfield
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Registered: May 1995

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dean@phobos.cira.colostate.edu wrote:
>
> I am attempting to read a ASCII text file with topography data.
> This file was created on a DOS machine and has a CR and NL character
> after each line. In my attempts to read this file, I keep getting
> the CR and NL characters which messes up my image. Is there a
> way to read this file without picking up the CR and NL with IDL?
>
> Below is the sample PRO I am working with. The ASCII file
> is located on castor.cira.colostate.edu in Dean.
>
> ... Snip
>
> FOR j = 0, ysize-1 DO BEGIN
> readU, unit, scan
> image(0,(ysize-1)-j) = scan
> ENDFOR

Pardon me if I'm being obtuse, but why are you using an unformatted read
(READU) on an ASCII file?

IDL for Windows (and maybe other versions as well) eccepts either CR+LF or
LF-only as line terminators in ASCII files.

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		Reading ASCII By: dean on Fri, 21 July 1995 00:00
		Re: Reading ASCII By: dean on Thu, 27 July 1995 00:00
		Re: Reading ASCII By: gennari on Sun, 23 July 1995 00:00
		Re: Reading ASCII By: Mark Hadfield on Sun, 23 July 1995 00:00

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