Re: not sure which txt example to read a grided data set

From: Rashed Mahmood <rashidcomsis_at_nyahnyahspammersnyahnyah>
Date: Mon Oct 31 2011 - 20:22:41 MDT

Dear Marry

Thank you so much for the explanation. That script from Dennis works
excellent and I think it would also be helpful for other people who wish to
use Aerosol data sets from TOMS. (TOMS has the longest available observed
aerosol data sets)

Regards
Rashed
On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 1:00 AM, Mary Haley <haley@ucar.edu> wrote:

> This message was already responded to by Dave A and Dennis, but I wanted
> to add some basic information for other people reading ASCII files.
>
> Generally, if you have the same number of values on each line, but of
> different types, separated by some consistent delimiter, like a space,
> comma, or tab, then
> you would use str_get_field to read in the various fields you want.
>
> For example, the small text file below would be a good candidate for
> str_get_field and using "," as your delimiter (since the space is not used
> consistently):
>
> -999, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
> 1, bb, 3, -999, 4 5
> -999, -999, -999, -999,-999, -999,
> 1,2,3,4,5, -999
>
>
> If you do not have the same number of data values on each line, but your
> data is columnar, then use str_get_cols to indicate the start and end
> column for each value. This is what Dennis did in the example he attached.
>
> Here's an example of a small data set where str_get_cols would work, but
> str_get_field wouldn't:
>
>
> 0 1 2 2 3 4 5
> 1 2 3 4 5
>
> 1 2 3 4 5
>
> 0 4 5 6 7
>
>
> Note that your L3 dataset was more complicated than either of the above,
> since you sort of had columnar data, but it was mixed with
> non-columnar data.
>
> --Mary
>
> On Oct 28, 2011, at 10:39 PM, Rashed Mahmood wrote:
>
> Dear NCL folks
>
> I want to read in NCL one data set (monthly mean Aerosol Index from
> TOMS) which is in a txt file with 1.25/1 degree lon/lat spatial
> resolution.
> I know there are many txt file reading examples however, when
> I compare this data file with the examples I am uncertain which example
> would read the data set. The data file is attached herewith.
>
> Can anyone guide me please.
>
> Thanks alot
> Rashed
>
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*Rashed Mahmood*
*PhD Student*
*Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP)*
*Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)*
*Beijing, China.*
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