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Re: Input Files - Size Limit? [message #9026 is a reply to message #8977]

Fri, 23 May 1997 00:00

pit
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In article <5lv0b4$4it$1@news.dal.ca>,
sritcey@is.dal.ca (Stephen Ritcey) writes:
> When I first read David's message I assumed that he meant using
> something like
>
> a = assoc (unit, fltarr (a_not_impossibly_large_number), $
> offset = get_me_where_I_want_to_be)
>
> And now 'walk' through the file, repeatedly re-assoc-ing with larger and
> larger offsets. Now I agree that doing this 'manually' is a pain, but it
> is workable if the format of the data file is such that it make sense to
> take 'chunks' like this.

Not at all that complicated :-)
Just use
a = assoc (unit, fltarr (a_not_impossibly_large_number))
and use a as an array:
first=a(0)
second=a(1)
etc. I use this in my Speckle Code.

Peter

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		Input Files - Size Limit? By: Mark Harvey on Mon, 19 May 1997 00:00
		Re: Input Files - Size Limit? By: davidf on Sun, 18 May 1997 00:00
		Re: Input Files - Size Limit? By: pit on Fri, 23 May 1997 00:00
		Re: Input Files - Size Limit? By: haimov on Wed, 21 May 1997 00:00
		Re: Input Files - Size Limit? By: sritcey on Wed, 21 May 1997 00:00
		Re: Input Files - Size Limit? By: marq on Wed, 21 May 1997 00:00

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