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Re: question on READ_CSV [message #83464 is a reply to message #83463]

Mon, 04 March 2013 20:20

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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andry writes:

> I have a CSV file (example below)
>
> 1,11,06,30,12,57,30,00,,69,39
> 2,11,06,30,13,17,30,00,,68,39
> 3,11,06,30,13,37,30,00,,77,52
> 4,11,06,30,13,57,30,00,,70,44
> 5,11,06,30,14,17,30,00,,72,64
>
> When I read the above file with READ_CSV
> a=READ_CSV(flnm, missing_value=-9999)
>
> I expect the column 9 (starting from 1) to be -9999. However, it skips that column as if there is no column with missing value at all.
>
> Does somebody know how I can force the function to assign the right missing value to that column?

Here is the problem:

IDL> str = '1,11,06,30,12,57,30,00,,69,39'
IDL> parts = StrSplit(str, ',', /Extract)
IDL> Help, parts
PARTS STRING = Array[10]
IDL> FOR j=0,N_Elements(parts)-1 DO Print, parts[j]
1
11
06
30
12
57
30
00
69
39

You see, the column has disappeared.

I don't think whoever wrote this program envisioned an entire COLUMN
going missing. They were thinking about specific values in otherwise
intact columns going missing.

I think I would try to find a way to stick my -9999 between those two
extra commas in the data file.

Cheers,

David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
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Sepore ma de ni thue. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")

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