Re: limit on the number of columns?

[Ansley Manke <ansley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Katsumi,
Yes, there is a limit on the number of variables read from
a delimited file; 100 variables.  See "COLUMNS, alias
for SET DATA/FORM=DELIMITED" in the index to the
Ferret Users Guide at:
http://ferret.pmel.noaa.gov/Ferret/Documentation/Users_Guide/current/fer_html.htm

Ansley Manke

Katsumi Matsumoto wrote:

> Is there a limit on the number of columns that one can have in reading
> ASCII data using the /column option with the file command?
>
> I'm having difficulty with a data matrix whose dimension is 200 (columns)
> x 140 (rows).  I get an error message:
>
> Record too long for input buffer
> Program terminated by fatal I/O error
> Abort
>
> I tried a 200x1 matrix and still get the same error message.  It doesn't
> seem to be a memory issue, as increasing it does not help.
>
> I am able to read in 130x90 and 100x100 matrices.  So I'm wondering if
> there is a hard limit somewhere between 130 and 200.  I could not find a
> documentation for this, so I am unsure...
>
> Thanks,
> -Katsumi
>
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> Katsumi Matsumoto
> Princeton University (Forrestal Campus)
> Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
> P.O. Box CN710, 401A Sayre Hall
> Princeton, NJ 08544-0710
>
> email: kmatsumo@splash.princeton.edu
> tel: 609-258-1311
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Ansley Manke  Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory  Seattle WA  (206)526-6246