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IDL Tutorials Day 4 Henry (Trae) Winter winter@physics.montana solar.physics.montana/winter/idl_tutorial/2003/index.html

IDL Tutorials Day 4 Henry (Trae) Winter winter@physics.montana.edu http://solar.physics.montana.edu/winter/idl_tutorial/2003/index.html. Today’s Topics. Writing and reading to a text file Using the FORMAT keyword. Opening a Textfile.

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IDL Tutorials Day 4 Henry (Trae) Winter winter@physics.montana solar.physics.montana/winter/idl_tutorial/2003/index.html

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  1. IDL Tutorials Day 4 Henry (Trae) Winter winter@physics.montana.edu http://solar.physics.montana.edu/winter/idl_tutorial/2003/index.html

  2. Today’s Topics • Writing and reading to a text file • Using the FORMAT keyword

  3. Opening a Textfile • First you have to open a file. This is done with some variation of the open command. • openr ;Opens a file to read. • openw ;Opens a file to write. • openu ;Opens a file for updates. Syntax: >openw,lun,”filename.ext”, /OPTIONAL_KEYWORDS lun: A number or a variable containing a number for the “logical unit number”. Just a way for IDL to manage files • Important keywords • /APPEND ;Starts writing at the end of an existing file instead of overwriting the file. • /GET_LUN ;IDL assigns a number for the variable lun

  4. Writing to a Textfile • Once the file is open you can write to it just like writing to the screen, except you use the printf procedure Syntax: >printf, lun, “Stuff to be printed” ,”More stuff”, FORMAT=“(2A12)” • Once your finished with the file you need to close it >close, lun ;Closes the file associated with lun >close, /ALL ;Closes all open files

  5. Using the FORMAT Keyword • The FORMAT keyword allows you to format the data output Syntax: >…, FORMAT=‘(5A6)’ Formats the next 5 strings with six characters each >…, FORMAT=‘(3F7.3)’ Formats the next 3 numbers. 7 total digits (including a minus sign if needed, and decimal) and 3 digits past the decimal point. >…, FORMAT=‘(3D7.3)’ Does the same as above except with double precision >…, FORMAT=‘(2A6, 1D7.2, A5)’ The expressions in the print statement will be formatted: First two are strings, 6 characters each. Next expression is a double with 7 total characters and 2 past the decimal. The last is a string with 5 characters

  6. Reading a Textfile • Open a file using the openr procedure • Ascii files can be read with a wide array of procedures and functions. • Most common is readf >readf,lun,var1,var2, FORMAT=‘(some format)’ • Once your finished with the file you need to close it, again.

  7. Homework Assignment • Download extract_text to your directory • Rename it something uniq • Put a header template on it and fill it out • Make documentation notes about what each line does.

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