Problem Reading Tab Delimited File with Empty First Cell

jjweimer	July 1, 2009 - 15:00		Permalink
Posts: 573 Joined: 2007-08-14 Location: United States	I have a data file that starts with an empty "tab" in the first row, first column position ... 0.0 323224.28646657424 323226.2420223789 ... 188.24 -9.49 2.14 -6.84 ... .... I am trying to read it into a matrix. For the life of me, I cannot set up the proper LoadWave command to read the values in the first raw as anything but integers. The matrix inputs I have gotten always read as 0.0 323224 323226 ... 188.24 -9.49 2.14 -6.84 ... .... My initial attempts centered around ... LoadWave/O/K=1/D/N=raw/J/M fileName What additional sequence of LoadWave flags will fix this? Note that I have no knowledge in advance of how many columns are in the data file (though I generally know the number of rows). -- J. J. Weimer Chemistry / Chemical & Materials Engineering, UAHuntsville Login or register to reply

johnweeks	July 2, 2009 - 07:38		Permalink
Posts: 269 Joined: 2007-06-29 Location: United States	Jeff- Those numbers that look like integers all have six digits left of the decimal point. Most displays (like in a table) default to six digits precision. In a table, right-click on the wave in question and select a larger number of digits from the contextual menu. John Weeks WaveMetrics, Inc. support@wavemetrics.com Login or register to reply

jjweimer	July 2, 2009 - 14:01		Permalink
Posts: 573 Joined: 2007-08-14 Location: United States	johnweeks wrote: Those numbers that look like integers all have six digits left of the decimal point. Most displays (like in a table) default to six digits precision. In a table, right-click on the wave in question and select a larger number of digits from the contextual menu. I am embarrassed that I missed this one! Thanks. -- J. J. Weimer Chemistry / Chemical & Materials Engineering, UAH Login or register to reply

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