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Re: Re: Reading Fortran Data file

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• Subject: [mg100409] Re: [mg100360] Re: Reading Fortran Data file
• From: "Scot Martin" <smartin at seas.harvard.edu>
• Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 06:50:16 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: Harvard University
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CSV format can deal with Fortran numbers.

Import["file.dat","CSV"]

christopher pike wrote:
> Hi,
>   Have data fortran data file with numbers like 0.447562485933D-01.  I
> need all the digits, but mathematica seems to only read this as
> 0.0448062.
>   I can read it as a string and get
> 
>     "0.448062494397D-01"
> 
> but when I use ToExpression, I get
> 
>    -1 + 0.448062 D
> 
> So how can I read in all the digits.
> 
> thanks for any help, chris
> 

• References:
  • Re: Reading Fortran Data file
    • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska@informatik.uni-leipzig.de>