Re: how to read ascii file with varying column lengths

From: BasitAli Khan <BasitAli.Khan_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Tue Mar 11 2014 - 23:36:56 MDT

Dear Dennis,
We quite often receive crappy data from observation stations. The sample i
gave you is just one of those. The solution you gave is simply elegant and
beautiful. Its exactly what i want.
Thanks for the excellent job.

Cheers,

b:)

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On 3/12/14 3:13 AM, "Dennis Shea" <shea@ucar.edu> wrote:
>Use asciiread and str_get_cols
>
>http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Functions/Built-in/str_get_cols.shtml
>
>Specifically, see Example 3
>
>
>On 3/11/14, 3:34 PM, BasitAli Khan wrote:
>> Dear NCL users,
>>
>> I am just wondering as how can I  read an ascii file with varying
>>column lengths e.g.
>>
>>
>>      PRES   HGHT   TEMP   DWPT   RELH   MIXR   DRCT   SKNT   THTA   THTE
>>      hPa     m      C      C      %    g/kg    deg   knot     K      K
>>
>>-------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>    1013.0     17   22.8   16.8     69  12.02     20     10  294.9  329.5
>>    1012.0     26   22.8   16.9     70  12.15    350     14  294.9  330.0
>>    1000.0    136   22.4   18.8     80           345     16  295.6  335.5
>>    984.0     275   21.3            83           345    20  295.8  335.5
>>     930.0    763   17.6            97           350     14  296.8
>>
>>
>> At the moment when I read this kind of ascii data using readasciiTable,
>>data columns get mixed up and actually messed up.
>>
>> Any help/advise/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>> Thanks and best regards,
>>
>> Basit
>>
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