[ncl-talk] difficulty reading multiple files with different dimensions.
Geeta Geeta
geetag54 at yahoo.com
Mon Feb 16 00:15:04 MST 2026
Hi I have multiple files (TEXT files) like this
Variable: filesType: stringTotal Size: 248 bytes 31 valuesNumber of Dimensions: 1Dimensions and sizes: [31]Coordinates: (0) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_01.his(1) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_02.his(2) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_03.his(3) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_04.his(4) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_05.his(5) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_06.his(6) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_07.his(7) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_08.his(8) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_09.his(9) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_10.his(10) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_11.his(11) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_12.his(12) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_13.his(13) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_14.his(14) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_15.his(15) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_16.his(16) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_17.his(17) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_18.his(18) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_19.his(19) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_20.his(20) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_21.his(21) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_22.his(22) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_23.his(23) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_24.his(24) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_25.his(25) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_26.his(26) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_27.his(27) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_28.his(28) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_29.his(29) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_30.his(30) /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_31.his
Variable: NfileType: integerTotal Size: 4 bytes 1 valuesNumber of Dimensions: 1Dimensions and sizes: [1]Coordinates: (0) 31
Code that is reading thesefiles = systemfunc("ls /mnt/c/Users/ACER/Downloads/CELIOMETER/AWOS/AWOSdata/2024/Aug/CLOUD_ALL_*") printVarSummary(files) print(files)Nfile = dimsizes(files); printVarSummary(Nfile) print(Nfile)
do NF = 0, Nfile-1ReadFile = asciiread(files(NF),-1,"string") ; Read each file as stringDimFile = dimsizes(ReadFile) print(DimFile); print(ReadFile);end do
This code is NOT executed till end as dimensions of 6th and 7th file are different.
Variable: DimFileType: integerTotal Size: 4 bytes 1 valuesNumber of Dimensions: 1Dimensions and sizes: [1]Coordinates: (0) 5762
Variable: DimFileType: integerTotal Size: 4 bytes 1 valuesNumber of Dimensions: 1Dimensions and sizes: [1]Coordinates: (0) 5762
Variable: DimFileType: integerTotal Size: 4 bytes 1 valuesNumber of Dimensions: 1Dimensions and sizes: [1]Coordinates: (0) 5762
Variable: DimFileType: integerTotal Size: 4 bytes 1 valuesNumber of Dimensions: 1Dimensions and sizes: [1]Coordinates: (0) 5762
Variable: DimFileType: integerTotal Size: 4 bytes 1 valuesNumber of Dimensions: 1Dimensions and sizes: [1]Coordinates: (0) 5762
Variable: DimFileType: integerTotal Size: 4 bytes 1 valuesNumber of Dimensions: 1Dimensions and sizes: [1]Coordinates: (0) 5762fatal:Dimension sizes of left hand side and right hand side of assignment do not match
fatal:["Execute.c":8637]:Execute: Error occurred at or near line 33 in file c1.ncl
I Request to help me sort out this
Geeta.
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