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Re: my god, it's full of stars.... [message #77221 is a reply to message #77220]

Tue, 16 August 2011 14:29

Paul Van Delst[1]
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Registered: April 2002

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The format used to output the number can't "fit it in". E.g.

IDL> x=0.631398
IDL> print, format='(f10.6)', x
0.631398
IDL> x=1000.0
IDL> print, format='(f10.6)', x
**********

So, if the number being output in your file is >= 1000, you'll get stars.

The ">=" is subject to precision of course:

IDL> x=999.9999
IDL> print, format='(f10.6)', x
999.999878
IDL> x=999.99999
IDL> print, format='(f10.6)', x
**********

cheers,

paulv

polystethylene wrote:
> Quick question - some of my data files are being written with the
> likes of:
>
> 5484.487603 0.533930 1.274879
> 5484.488112 1.378365 0.433342
> 5484.488610 0.631398 1.682024
> 5484.489131 ********** 0.913028
> 5484.489628 0.968477 0.610894
> 5484.490126 0.819817 0.674836
> 5484.490635 1.502081 0.369167
>
>
> I rarely see this, but due to the nature of searching for '*********'
> - I can't google this one at all...
>
>
> Any ideas?

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		Re: my god, it's full of stars.... By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Wed, 17 August 2011 05:05
		Re: my god, it's full of stars.... By: polystethylene on Tue, 16 August 2011 16:34
		Re: my god, it's full of stars.... By: David Fanning on Tue, 16 August 2011 14:58
		Re: my god, it's full of stars.... By: polystethylene on Tue, 16 August 2011 14:42
		Re: my god, it's full of stars.... By: Paul Van Delst[1] on Tue, 16 August 2011 14:29
		Re: my god, it's full of stars.... By: polystethylene on Tue, 30 August 2011 07:09

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