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Re: Writing 2 arrays of a different type into one text file [message #92174 is a reply to message #92172]

Fri, 23 October 2015 04:52

Kai Heckel
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Registered: April 2015

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Am Freitag, 23. Oktober 2015 11:25:37 UTC+2 schrieb Helder:
> On Friday, October 23, 2015 at 10:10:38 AM UTC+2, Kai Heckel wrote:
>> Hello!
>>
>> Is it possible to write 2 arrays into one text file?
>> What I have are 2 arrays: 1) float, 2) string.
>> I would like to write the string array into the 1st column and the float array into the 2nd column. Is this somehow possible?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Kai
>
> Yes.
> arrayFloat = randomu(s, 10)
> arrayStrings = strtrim(findgen(10),2)
> fileName = 'testFileOutput.txt'
> get_lun, fileUnit
> openw, fileUnit, fileName
> printf, fileUnit, transpose(arrayStrings+', '+string(arrayFloat,FORMAT='(f0.3)'))
> close, fileUnit
> free_lun, fileUnit
>
> Play a bit around with string() and the format keyword. A way or another, you will get what you want (constant width for the columns or number of decimals, separator, ...).
>
> Cheers,
> Helder

Thanks Helder!

But I'd like to have the strings in the 1st column and the according float value in the 2nd column... I looked it up under FORMAT but I couldn't find the right thing. Do you have a solution for this?

Cheers,
Kai

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		Writing 2 arrays of a different type into one text file By: Kai Heckel on Fri, 23 October 2015 01:10
		Re: Writing 2 arrays of a different type into one text file By: Helder Marchetto on Fri, 23 October 2015 02:25
		Re: Writing 2 arrays of a different type into one text file By: Kai Heckel on Fri, 23 October 2015 04:52
		Re: Writing 2 arrays of a different type into one text file By: Helder Marchetto on Fri, 23 October 2015 05:13
		Re: Writing 2 arrays of a different type into one text file By: Kai Heckel on Fri, 23 October 2015 06:57

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