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float2ascii

NAME
float2ascii - Convert float format data to ascii text format

SYNOPSIS
float2ascii <din> <width> <data_out> [loff] [nl]

data_in	(input) input data file (float)
width	number of data values per line
data_out	(output) text format data file with spaces between columns
loff	offset lines to start of data (enter - for default: 0)
nl	number of lines (enter - for default: all)

EXAMPLE

float2ascii q 16 q.txt

Converts the float fomat binary data file q with 16 values per line to a text format file with 16 columns of values.

float2ascii q 16 q.txt 2 14

Converts the float fomat binary data file q with 16 values per line to a text format file with 16 columns of values. The first two lines of data file q are skipped and 14 lines are processed.

DESCRIPTION

float2ascii is used to convert float format data such as a DEM into text format representation. The text format is the general exponential format in the printf specification "%13.5e". Each line of the output file is terminated with a newline. White space is used to delimit the columns of the output test file. The binary data are 4-byte floating point numbers.

SEE ALSO
ascii2float