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TEXT2HDS

Converts an Ascii text file of numbers into an HDS file.

The numbers must be arranged in columns, e.g.

   0.1    0.1     63
   0.2    0.1     80
   0.3    0.1    190
Any format is permissible, but note that at present all output arrays will be REAL. The program will cope with upto 40 columns and line lengths of upto 512 characters.

Note: If you want to produce a standard ASTERIX binned dataset containing a data array and axes use TXT2AST. This program simply produces an HDS file containing a number of primitive HDS arrays or an ASTERIX EVENT dataset.

Information about the input file will be gained either from the user or from a SCAR descriptor file if one is available - (see SCARFILE).


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