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Re: How to skip lines when reading in a file [message #74951]

Mon, 07 February 2011 12:18

Heinz Stege
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Registered: January 2003

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On Mon, 7 Feb 2011 10:10:40 -0800 (PST), Ashley Berg wrote:

> I have monthly mean temp data from Jan 1958 to Dec 2008 (1 col, 612
> rows). I want only the data from the months of December, January, and
> February in a new array, so the resulting time series will be one
> column by 153 rows. I'm not sure how to grab only those three months
> while ignoring the other 9. Could someone show me the best way to do
> this? Thank you!

What about something like:
array=all rows from file
array=reform(array,12,n_elements(array)/12,/overwrite)
array=array[[0,1,11],*] ; wanted months
array=array[*]

Not tested, simply written into the news reader.

HTH, Heinz

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		Re: How to skip lines when reading in a file By: Heinz Stege on Mon, 07 February 2011 12:18
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