Re: problem reading table

The large number exceeds 2147483647 which is the largest number
31 bits can handle as a signed integer.

reading as type double should work.

D

On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Mateus da Silva Teixeira wrote:

> Dear NCL users,
>
> I'm trying to read a table in which there is a column with dates as follow
> 19990801000000, but using both readAsciiTable and asciiread functions I have
> the same values for entire column, 19990801547264.00
>
> I tried to read it as float and double types, but result same values.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
> Please, see below the script and results:
>
> The Data:
> 83780 -23.62000 -46.65000 803 19990801000000 11.5 9.2 12.4
> -999.9
> 83780 -23.62000 -46.65000 803 19990801060000 11.2 9.0 -999.9
> -999.9
> 83780 -23.62000 -46.65000 803 19990801090000 11.8 8.8 -999.9
> -999.9
> 83780 -23.62000 -46.65000 803 19990801120000 12.7 9.7 -999.9
> 11.2
> 83780 -23.62000 -46.65000 803 19990801150000 15.2 10.6 -999.9
> -999.9
> 83780 -23.62000 -46.65000 803 19990801180000 18.6 12.1 -999.9
> -999.9
> 83780 -23.62000 -46.65000 803 19990801210000 15.0 11.8 -999.9
> -999.9
> 83781 -23.50000 -46.61999 792 19990801000000 11.0 7.9 19.2
> -999.9
> 83781 -23.50000 -46.61999 792 19990801120000 12.4 9.1 10.0
> -999.9
>
> The Script:
> arqDados = "estacoes_08_09_1999.txt"
> ncols = numAsciiCol(arqDados)
> dados = readAsciiTable(arqDados,ncols,"float",1)
> dados@_FillValue = -999.9
>
> write_matrix(dados(0:10,0:4),"5F20.2",False)
>
> The Result:
> 83780.00 -23.62 -46.65
> 803.00 19990801547264.00
> 83780.00 -23.62 -46.65
> 803.00 19990801547264.00
> 83780.00 -23.62 -46.65
> 803.00 19990801547264.00
> 83780.00 -23.62 -46.65
> 803.00 19990801547264.00
> 83780.00 -23.62 -46.65
> 803.00 19990801547264.00
> 83780.00 -23.62 -46.65
> 803.00 19990801547264.00
> 83780.00 -23.62 -46.65
> 803.00 19990801547264.00
> 83781.00 -23.50 -46.62
> 792.00 19990801547264.00
> 83781.00 -23.50 -46.62
> 792.00 19990801547264.00
> 83781.00 -23.50 -46.62
> 792.00 19990801547264.00
> 83721.00 -23.00 -47.13
> 661.00 19990801547264.00
>
> Thanks
> Mateus
>
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