| Re: Help on text data [message #72288] |
Thu, 26 August 2010 00:29  |
d.poreh
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Registered: October 2007
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On Aug 25, 4:38 am, Gray <grayliketheco...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 25, 4:45 am, Dave Poreh <d.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Aug 24, 10:06 am, Gray <grayliketheco...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> On Aug 24, 1:03 pm, Gray <grayliketheco...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> On Aug 24, 7:51 am, Dave Poreh <d.po...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> > Folks
>>>> > I am reading some text data (I don’t know how many) like this:
>>>> > pathName="d:\p\"
>>>> > List = findfile(pathName+"*.dat")
>>>> > nosFiles=N_ELEMENTS(List)
>>>> > data = ptrarr(nosFiles)
>>>> > for i = 0, nosFiles - 1 do begin
>>>> > x=read_ascii(list[i])
>>>> > data[i] = ptr_new(x)
>>>> > endfor
>>>> > I want to put this data in a string like this:
>>>> > names = ['data[0]', ' data[1]', ' data[2]',…] to proceed David’s
>>>> > name_selctor.
>>>> > I do not know how to do that.
>>>> > Any help highly would be appreciated
>>>> > Cheers,
>>>> > Dave
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>>>> I'm not sure exactly what you're asking... do you want a "names" array
>>>> where names[0] is the string 'data[0]'? Or do you want a names array
>>>> where names[0] = data[0]?
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>>> if the former:
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>>> names = 'data['+strtrim(indgen(n_elements(data)),2)+']'
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>> thanks Gary. this is exactly what i want and works perfect. What about
>> the posterior case: names[0] = data[0]?
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>> Cheers,
>> Dave
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> Well... you're using pointers. If you want the actual "data" in
> data[0] to be stored as names[0] (presumably without being a pointer),
> then you would need to put data[0] as a single string variable. If it
> is already (I don't know w/o looking at your data), then you're fine;
> otherwise, I guess you could do something like names[0] =
> strjoin(*data[0],'||') with the double pipe to indicate a line break
> or somesuch.
Thanks Gary.
Cheers,
Dave
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