Re: [ferret_users] multicolumn ASCII file read not working, BUG?

[Ansley Manke <ansley.b.manke@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi Lev,
This will be fixed in the next Ferret release. Thank you for the report.

-Ansley

On 11/17/2014 6:40 AM, Lev Tarasov wrote:
> Hi all;
>     /col in not working in an ascii file read as it used.
> for
>      NOAA/PMEL TMAP
>      FERRET v6.84
>      Linux 2.6.9-101.ELsmp 64-bit - 07/19/13
>
> DEFINE AXIS/T=-12000:0:200    F120kd2
> DEFINE AXIS/F=1:12:1 T12
> DEFINE AXIS/modulo/X=180W:180E:5/UNIT=DEGREE xlonglob5
> DEFINE AXIS/Y=90S:90N:5/UNIT=DEGREE ylatglob5
> DEFINE GRID/X=xlonglob5/Y=ylatglob5/T=F120kd2/F=T12 glob5vTF120kd2
>
> FILE/SKIP=4/VAR="Tm"/COL=12/order=fxyt/GRID=glob5vTF120kd2 
> vT55glob.EBMZHFAMice.dat
>
> list tm[i=1,j=1,l=1]
> gives me the value for the last (12th'd) column of data
>
> seems the first 11 columns were ignored
>
> yes? show dat
>  name     title                             I         J K         
> L         M         N
>  TM       TM                               1:73      1:37 ...       
> 1:61      ...       1:12
>
> yes? stats Tm
> ..
>              F: 1
>              DATA SET: ./vT55glob.EBMZHFAMice.dat
>
>  Total # of data points: 164761 (73*37*1*61*1*1)
>
> yes? show dat
>  TM       TM                               1:73      1:37 ...       
> 1:61      ...       1:1
>
>
>
> The first few lines of the data file are:
> paleonEBM K4, nohdsafemwpext fx Gb hconvert.Gg idHhp0.nn4s6/eu4 0.5 
> min marine b
>   73   37 -180.000000  180.000000  -90.000000   90.000000 5.00000 5.00000
>
>   time(years)=      -120000.0
>   -6.85 -11.70 -19.12 -24.80 -27.19 -28.50 -30.27 -31.34 -29.34 -23.29 
> -14.91  -8.09
>   -6.85 -11.70 -19.12 -24.80 -27.19 -28.50 -30.27 -31.34 -29.34 -23.29 
> -14.91  -8.09
>   -6.85 -11.70 -19.12 -24.80 -27.19 -28.50 -30.27 -31.34 -29.34 -23.29 
> -14.91  -8.09
>   -6.85 -11.70 -19.12 -24.80 -27.19 -28.50 -30.27 -31.34 -29.34 -23.29 
> -14.91  -8.09
>
>
> If I try reading with /col=11
> FILE/SKIP=4/VAR="Tm"/COL=11/order=fxyt/GRID=glob5vTF120kd2 
> vT55glob.EBMZHFAMice.dat
> Then the data is read sequentially across the columns but N still has 
> dimension 1.
>
> What's up?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Lev
>
>
> Lev Tarasov -   Dept of Physics and Physical Oceanography,
>         Memorial University of Newfoundland.
>                 email: lev@xxxxxx
>                 http://www.physics.mun.ca/~lev/
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