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Re: Reading a set of data with string type entries [message #57039 is a reply to message #57038]

Sat, 01 December 2007 08:16

lasse
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On 30 Nov, 05:44, mystea <idllear...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I need to read in a large set of data. Each entry is started with a
> name, followed by many numbers.
> The numbers are separated by spaces, but the length of each number is
> not fixed.
>
> My problem is like this: Since the data starts with a string, I can't
> use free-format readf (because by default, the string slot will read
> the whole line.) and due to the unknown length of numbers, I can't use
> a format code, either.
>
> What should I do?
>
> Gene

Hi,

am I the only one who uses READ_ASCII and ASCII_TEMPLATE in these
cases?

Admittedly, READ_ASCII without having made a template beforehand is
horrible. But you can make one, save it and then restore it just
before using READ_ASCII.

Cheers
Lasse Clausen

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		Re: Reading a set of data with string type entries By: David Fanning on Sat, 01 December 2007 08:28
		Re: Reading a set of data with string type entries By: lasse on Sat, 01 December 2007 08:16
		Re: Reading a set of data with string type entries By: Peter Clinch on Fri, 30 November 2007 05:08
		Re: Reading a set of data with string type entries By: rkombiyil on Fri, 30 November 2007 04:53
		Re: Reading a set of data with string type entries By: AlbertoPaolo.Meroni on Thu, 29 November 2007 23:32
		Re: Reading a set of data with string type entries By: izimine on Thu, 29 November 2007 23:07

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