Re: density calculation, rho_un and precision

[Ansley Manke <ansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi -
You just need the LIST/FORMAT qualifier  to get more precision:

LIST/FORMAT=(f8.2) density

Ansley Manke



Namba Takaya wrote:

> Dear Sir
>
> I want to calculate the density (ryo_un) by two decimals like
>
> 1021.22.
>
> I have the data of temperature and salinity in the ascii file, density.txt
>
> (temperture) (salinity)  (depth)
> 28.12        30.9        0.4
> 28.25        33.2        9.7
> 28.29        33.5        21.0
> 28.36        33.7        25.8
>
> file /variables="tem,sal,dep" density.txt
> let density=rho_un(tem,sal,dep)
> list density
>
> result come like
> 1    1019.
> 2    1021.
> 3    1021.
> 4    1021.
>
> I want to get more precise(in decimal) result like
>
> 1    1019.36
> 2    1021.07
> 3    1021.79
> 4    1021.97
>
> Could you tell me how I could do it?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> Takaya Namba
>
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Ansley Manke  Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory  Seattle WA  (206)526-6246