Re: extract fields from string using multiple-space delimiter?

Jared,

Have you tried str_fields_count and str_get_field?
These functions should work with multiple delimiters.
Otherwise, send us the error message, and a sample dataset.

Regards,

Wei

huangwei@ucar.edu
VETS/CISL
National Center for Atmospheric Research
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On Jan 3, 2014, at 1:23 PM, Jared Lee <jaredlee@ucar.edu> wrote:

> Hi, I'm trying to parse out the fields from the column title line of a
> table, which has the following format:
>
> "Var 1 [units] Var 2 [units] Var 3 [units]"
>
> Each column title is separated by at least two spaces, and never only
> one space. However, to the best of my understanding, the functions
> str_fields_count and str_get_field cannot use multiple consecutive
> spaces (or multiple consecutive anything) as a delimiter, without also
> couting single spaces as a delimiter. Is there any way in NCL to parse
> out fields from a string using double spaces but *NOT* single spaces as
> a delimiter?
>
> Jared
>
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