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    Hi Jianghua,<br>
    <br>
    which NCL version are you running? Using version 6.6.2 works quite
    well:<br>
    <br>
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      </tt><tt>ncl 0> a=new((/2,2/),float,-999.)</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>ncl 1> a=0.1</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>ncl 2> a(0,0)=-0.1</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>ncl 3> write_matrix(a,"2f5.2",True)</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>-0.10 0.10</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt> 0.10 0.10</tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>  </tt><tt><br>
      </tt><tt>ncl 4> quit</tt></font><br>
    <br>
    -Karin<br>
    <br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 12.09.19 um 10:32 schrieb Wan
      Jianghua via ncl-talk:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Hi
            all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">I
            try to print a nicely formatted text file with
            “write_matrix” function, but the result is not satisfactory.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">When
            the absolute value of the number is less than 1, the zero
            before the decimal point is omitted. Is there any possible
            way to print it out? Thanks!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">My
            test script:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">a=new((/2,2/),float,-999.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">a=0.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">a(0,0)=-0.1<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">write_matrix(a,"2f5.2",True)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">the
            result:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:18.0pt"><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">-.10   .10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:18.0pt"><span
            style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">.10   .10<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt" lang="EN-US">Jianghua<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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