[ncl-talk] Output not correct while using write_matrix

[Ipshita Majhi]

Thank you again. I will read the fortran book as well.
Best Regards
Ipshita

On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:

> You should read the fortran documentation for formatting.
>
> The number to the left of the decimal point specifies the overal field
> wield width.
> There should be one space for a possible - sign
>
> 52f9.1
>
> overall width is 9, and one decimal point
>
> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Ipshita Majhi <ipmajhi at alaska.edu> wrote:
>
>> Thank you! I did look at the data and here are the min and max result
>> min= 47385.7
>> max=514020
>>
>> I ran the code again using 52f6.1 but it still does not fit in.
>> This is my understang that the number before the decimal gives the
>> biggest range of the output and after decimal is the number after that. Am
>> I still missing something.
>> Thank you
>> Best Regards
>> Ipshita
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Dennis Shea <shea at ucar.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> **As we always recommend**  "look at your data"
>>>
>>> printVarSummary(air_month_decade)
>>> printMinMax(air_month_decade, 0)
>>>
>>> ===
>>> What range of values to you see?
>>>
>>> If the numbers are (say) 123456.789
>>>
>>> Then fortran will print ****** because it can no fit the number in the
>>> format  you provided. Specifically,
>>> the  f7.2  part of the specification.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Ipshita Majhi <ipmajhi at alaska.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear NCL,
>>>>
>>>> I have a code that works and I am trying to write output out to a file,
>>>> the file is 47X52 and I am using write_matrix. The output gives only stars
>>>> or no numbers. I tried taking slices of the 2D matrix and I am not able to
>>>> get the right output. Should I write a code in fortran and then make it
>>>> work in NCL?
>>>> Here is a piece of my code:-
>>>> do i=1,47-1
>>>> do j=0,357,7
>>>> pweek(i,j/7) = avg(y(j:j+6))
>>>> end do
>>>> end do
>>>>
>>>> opt = True
>>>> opt at fout = "weekly_mean_sce.txt"
>>>> write_matrix(air_month_decade, "52f7.2", opt)
>>>>
>>>> It would be great if someone can help me.
>>>>
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>>
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