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Re: importing fixed width data

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg97626] Re: importing fixed width data
• From: Vince <blueschi at gmail.com>
• Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:00:14 -0500 (EST)
• References: <gpg1lt$cps$1@smc.vnet.net>

On Mar 14, 6:42 am, swiftset <swift... at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to import data from a file where the fields are stored
> in a fixed width format. The Import["file", "Table"] command is the
> closest I can get to what I'd like, but then the data is divided using
> whitespace, so I get a lot of extraneous fields, and no way to tell
> whether what Mathematica imported as two fields is actually just one
> that contained a whitespace.
>
> Any ideas on how to proceed?

Some variation of:

ToExpression@StringTake[Import["file", "List"], <fieldSpecs>]

Vince Virgilio