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gaba
USA
3 Posts |
 Posted - 07/13/2004 : 4:34:22 PM
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Hi
I think this is a simple question.
I want to import data from ascii files, but the problem is that instead of being sorted into columns, all the ascii data is dumped into a single, long column, with data sweeps seperated by a space (stupid acquisition program.....). I need to import the data into origin, and have origin detect the spaces, then start a new column.
for example, the ascii data is organised
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
but need the data to be in the format
1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10
I can write labtalk script to do this if I manually enter the number of points per column, but this technique is very inflexible, and requires a lot of knowledge about the ascii data (which can vary).
can somebody please help
Thanks
Mark |
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Hideo Fujii
USA
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Posted - 07/14/2004 : 10:18:44 AM
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Hi Mark,
If you set the "When non-numeric is found in numeric fields" option in the "ASCII Import Options" dialog to "Start new worksheet/Column", Origin automatically imports individual columns separately. Then, marging all columns(A) in worksheets (if your data is aa.dat, then aa, aa1, aa2,... are the worksheets) should be relatively easy by scripting, I think.
OriginLab Corp.
Hideo Fujii
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sammi.song
China
46 Posts |
Posted - 07/15/2004 : 12:44:03 AM
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Hi Mark,
There is way to import your data into multiple columns in one worksheet, but you have to tidy them manually later.
In the "ASCII Import Options" dialog, if you set the "When non-numeric is found in numeric fields" option to "Start new worksheet/Column", and set¡°Import Into Worksheet as¡± option to ¡°New Columns¡±. You can import those data into multiple columns in one worksheet.
If your data file is as below:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
After import, the data seems to be:
1
2 6 11
3 7 12
4 8 13
5 9 14
10 15
Tidy them: You can copy all data in first column and paste them from the cell2 in first column. Then delete the first row of all columns.
1 6 11
2 7 12
3 8 13
4 9 14
5 10 15
Thanks,
Sammi
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easwar
USA
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Posted - 07/15/2004 : 09:51:03 AM
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Hi Mark,
This issue of having to tidy up/move the data in subsequent columns occurs only if the separator is a blank line. If the separator has text characters such as:
1
2
3
4
5
some text
6
7
8
9
10
then the row order is maintained correctly.
The above problem is a bug and we will fix it in a future version.
Thanks,
Easwar
OriginLab
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Ascii import