Re: [ferret_users] format number and text with LIST/FORMAT

[James Orr <James.Orr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Patrick,

Unlike fortran, I don't think the /FORMAT option in Ferret works 
correctly for the A field specifier (for character strings).  But 
there is a convoluted work-around using the REPEAT function:

 use monthly_navy_winds.cdf
 let VAR1 = UWND[I=23,J=73]
 let v1end = `var1, return=LEND`
 set list/file=test.txt ; sp rm test.txt
 repeat/range=1:`v1end`:1/name=s  (                             ; \
   def sym alpha TAX_DATESTRING(T[GT=VAR1,l=`s`],VAR1, "month") ; \
   list/nohead/file/append/format=("`($alpha)`", F10.3) VAR1      )

The previous proposed solution does not work because you want to work 
with a character array.

Cheers,

Jim


On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Paulo B. Oliveira wrote:

> Hi Patrick,
>
> I guess you can use:
>
> list/nohead/format=("`TAX_DATESTRING(T[GT=VAR],VAR1,
> > "month")` ", F10.3) VAR1
>
> Paulo
> --------------------------
> On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 12:21 +0200, Brockmann Patrick wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there a way to format numbers and text together
> > when the list command and the format FORTRAN qualifier are used ?
> >
> > Here is an example and the error
> >
> > yes? use monthly_navy_winds.cdf
> > yes? let VAR1 = UWND[I=23,J=73]
> > yes? list/nohead/format=(A30,' ',F10.3) TAX_DATESTRING(T[GT=VAR],VAR1,
> > "month"), VAR1
> >  **ERROR: invalid command: format disallowed for multiple variables w/
> > strings
> >
> > Patrick

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