<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Hi Joowan,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">you’re right but you can use the newer str_split_csv function to get all elements into a 2D array directly:</div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class="">begin</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""> filename = "example1.csv"</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""> data = asciiread(filename,-1,"string”)</font></div><div class=""><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""> print("______________")</font></div></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class="">;-- use str_split_csv to get 2d array</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""> ncols = dimsizes(str_split(data(0),","))</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""> values_2d = toint(str_split_csv(data, ",", 0))</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""> print(values_2d)</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""> print("______________")</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""> write_matrix(values_2d,ncols+"I5",False)</font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#002e7a" class="">end</font></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Terminal output:</div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> > ncl csv_1.ncl</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> Copyright (C) 1995-2015 - All Rights Reserved</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> University Corporation for Atmospheric Research</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> NCAR Command Language Version 6.3.0</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> The use of this software is governed by a License Agreement.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> See <a href="http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/" class="">http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/</a> for more details.</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(0)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>34,67,56</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(1)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>36,87,78</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(2)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>31,56,88</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(3)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>29,67,92</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(4)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>54,71,68</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(5)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>42,65,82</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(0)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>______________</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121); min-height: 22px;" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121); min-height: 22px;" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">Variable: values_2d</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">Type: integer</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">Total Size: 72 bytes</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> 18 values</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">Number of Dimensions: 2</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">Dimensions and sizes:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>[6] x [3]</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">Coordinates: </font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">Number Of Attributes: 1</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> _FillValue :<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-2147483647</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(0,0)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>34</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(0,1)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>67</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(0,2)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>56</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(1,0)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>36</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(1,1)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>87</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(1,2)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>78</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(2,0)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>31</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(2,1)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>56</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(2,2)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>88</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(3,0)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>29</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(3,1)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>67</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(3,2)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>92</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(4,0)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>54</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(4,1)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>71</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(4,2)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>68</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(5,0)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>42</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(5,1)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>65</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(5,2)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>82</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class="">(0)<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>______________</font></div><p style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121); min-height: 22px;" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> <br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></font></p><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> 34 67 56</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> 36 87 78</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> 31 56 88</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> 29 67 92</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> 54 71 68</font></div><div style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(212, 251, 121);" class=""><font face="Courier New" size="2" color="#0042aa" class=""> 42 65 82</font></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bye,</div><div class="">Karin</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">Am 15.05.2016 um 07:17 schrieb Joowan Kim <<a href="mailto:joowan@ucar.edu" class="">joowan@ucar.edu</a>>:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Dear whom it concerns,</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Just quick report of error in web example</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">"<a href="https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/read_csv.shtml" target="_blank" class="">https://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Applications/read_csv.shtml</a>"</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">In the example page "csv_1.ncl" can NOT reproduce all data in "example1.csv"</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">(it only reads first colume of each line and simply repeats. Values in 2nd and 3rd row</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">are ignored) I guess it may confuse some people.</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Just FYI</div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size:12.8px" class="">Best!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div>-- <br class=""><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Joowan Kim<br class="">National Center for Atmospheric Research<br class="">PO Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307<br class=""><div class="">web: <a href="http://acd.ucar.edu/~joowan" target="_blank" class="">http://acd.ucar.edu/~joowan</a><br class=""></div><div class="">email: <a href="mailto:joowan@ucar.edu" target="_blank" class="">joowan@ucar.edu</a> </div><div class=""> <a href="mailto:joowan.k@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">joowan.k@gmail.com</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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