Re: Reading Numbers
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- 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.
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See p.206 in the Mathematica Book (THIRD EDITION!)
You should use Number instead of Real.
Sincerely,
Zvi Wiener.