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Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator [message #75391 is a reply to message #75390]

Wed, 02 March 2011 09:20

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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naoh writes:

> I'm trying to read an ascii file with tabs as seperator. The catch is
> that when the value equals zero, it is not actually written into the
> file. Example 1 gives the file as it should look like if zeros where
> present. Example 2 gives the actual file ('0' 'TAB' have been replaced
> by 'TAB' only).
> I've used the following code for example 1 but can't figure out how to
> read example 2 without messing the data up.
> data = fltarr(4,4)
> readf, lun, data
>
> Thank very much for your help!
>
> EXAMPLE 1:
> 1 0 0 0
> 2 0 10 10
> 3 0 12 12
> 4 0 10 10
>
> EXAMPLE 2:
> 1
> 2 10 10
> 3 12 12
> 4 10 10

Who in the world thinks up these bizarre data formats!?
That would be a fun job. :-)

Cheers,

David

P.S. I don't know what to tell you, except that
what you're trying ain't gonna work. :-)

--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.idlcoyote.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: noahh.schwartz on Fri, 04 March 2011 06:16
		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: Mark Piper on Thu, 03 March 2011 08:03
		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 02 March 2011 11:09
		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: penteado on Wed, 02 March 2011 10:27
		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: wlandsman on Wed, 02 March 2011 10:19
		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: Carsten Lechte on Wed, 02 March 2011 10:12
		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 02 March 2011 09:50
		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: David Fanning on Wed, 02 March 2011 09:41
		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: Michael Galloy on Wed, 02 March 2011 09:30
		Re: Read ASCII File with tab seperator By: David Fanning on Wed, 02 March 2011 09:20

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