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Hello</div>
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I have trouble to readAsciiTable the following data: </div>
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<span>VERSION 03.30^M^M<br>
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<div>54342 0123.5167 041.7333 0052.5^M^M<br>
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<div>GFE(L)-1 12.2 GTS1 -00262833792 028 0750 0400 2650 1500 352^M^M<br>
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<div>026.0 026.0 00.0 1000.7 1001.2 -0.5 068 065 03 1^M^M<br>
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<div>20130714111522 20130714192922 20130714123100 20130714123100 06 06 26985 25904 002.00 28.1 1000.7 069 000 000.0 010.0 00 // // 000 10- // // // 090.00 -01.00 070.00^M^M<br>
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<div>ZCZC SECOND^M^M<br>
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<div>TimeStep T Press RH angle direction distance delta_lon delta_lat xx xx xx<br>
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<div> 0.000 28.100 1000.700 69.000 -1.000 90.000 0.070 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 52.000<br>
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<div> 1.000 -999.000 -999.000 -999.000 3.370 67.810 0.108 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 64.000<br>
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<div> 2.000 -999.000 -999.000 -999.000 3.970 67.620 0.108 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 69.000<br>
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see:</div>
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<span>ncl 8> data_second = readAsciiTable("Z_UPAR_I_54342_20130712111513_O_TEMP-L.txt.SECOND", 12, "float", 7) <br>
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<div>warning:asciiread: End of file reached and only (76173) elements were read from the file, filling remaining elements with the default missing value for the requested type<br>
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<div>ncl 9> print(data_second(:2,0)) <br>
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<div>Variable: data_second (subsection)<br>
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<div>Type: float<br>
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<div>Total Size: 12 bytes<br>
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<div> 3 values<br>
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<div>Number of Dimensions: 1<br>
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<div>Dimensions and sizes: [3]<br>
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<div>Coordinates: <br>
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<div>Number Of Attributes: 1<br>
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<div> _FillValue : 9.96921e+36<br>
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<div>(0) 2.013071e+13<br>
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<div>(1) 315<br>
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<div>(2) 70<br>
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It appears NCL treated ^M^M as an additional line. </div>
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How can I tell NCL to treat ^M as characters? </div>
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Thanks</div>
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Xiaoming </div>
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