Re: Reading Numbers
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg5294] Re: Reading Numbers
- From: Zvi Wiener <mswiener at pluto.mscc.huji.ac.il>
- Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 01:44:36 -0500
- Organization: Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
cserrat at bcn.servicom.es wrote: > > Dear friends, > > I have a problem in reading files with Mathematica: > > I should read files containing columns of numbers. > These numbers, generated by a Fortran based calculation, can have either the > form .078945E+01 (where I do not find any problem) or the form .783482-150, > where the function ReadList read two numbers: .783482, and -150, and here is > my problem. > > I use: > ReadList["file",{Real,Real}] > > I do many calculations, getting results in both forms, and I should not > change the argument of ReadList every time, depending on the form of the result. > Do you know how I could manage to read .783482-150 as a whole number (namely > .783482E-150)? > > Thank you. > > Carles S. > **************************************************************************** > Carles Serrat i Jurado Tel: (34)-(3)-7398286 > Departament de Fisica i E.N. (34)-(3)-8833267 > Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Fax: (34)-(3)-7398101 > Colom 11, 08222-Terrassa email: serrat at fen.upc.es > SPAIN cserrat at bcn.servicom.es > **************************************************************************** See p.206 in the Mathematica Book (THIRD EDITION!) You should use Number instead of Real. Sincerely, Zvi Wiener.