[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: More WIN/UNIX -> MAC transitions
- Subject: Re: More WIN/UNIX -> MAC transitions
- From: "Mark Hadfield" <m.hadfield(at)niwa.cri.nz>
- Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 10:35:29 +1200
- Cache-Post-Path: clam-ext!unknown@gust.niwa.cri.nz
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
- Organization: NIWA
- References: <39A2C9E4.D7BC254C@bigelow.org> <967065193.76710@clam-ext> <39A511E9.20F7C838@tidewater.net>
- Xref: news.doit.wisc.edu comp.lang.idl-pvwave:21045
"Ben Tupper" <pemaquidriver@tidewater.net> wrote in message
news:39A511E9.20F7C838@tidewater.net...
(referring to the capability to read text files platform-independently on
IDL 5.4)
> I wonder if that capability> is via READ_ASCII() or using the more general
READF
> procedure?
READF.
> I haven't explored using READ_ASCII() since I have needed to
> extract tidbits out of the header for this particular data set.
They claim READ_ASCII is much faster in 5.4 too. I can't confirm that
because I seldom use it. Perhaps I should...
P.S. I hope I am not violating the 5.4 beta confidentiality agreement with
any of this. I got a "What's New in 5.4" sheet with my maintenance renewal
in the mail the other day so I presume new features in 5.4 are more-or-less
public.
---
Mark Hadfield
m.hadfield@niwa.cri.nz http://katipo.niwa.cri.nz/~hadfield/
National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research
PO Box 14-901, Wellington, New Zealand