Re: [Sheflug] Extracing data from a file

["Chris J" <xxxxx [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> wheat22.poi
> i
> 8
> 296 208
> 306 220
> 354 202
> 347 188
> 
>     The second line is just a constant, and can be forgotten. The
> third line staes the number of data points that are given (two in each
> line after line 3). The first line is the filename.

Ahh... in that case your original spec was wrong, and I know grok the meaning of the last line ... because you originally said:

	The number of a,b data points is specified by N (there are N a 
	and N b points).

but rather there are N/2 a points and N/2 b points. Simple fix in the perl script, after "print FILE $count;" add the line "$count = $count / 2";

Or instead of the above, you could combine that in the for() statement if you wanted to: 

	"$i < ($count / 2)"

Do you want the filename (id_string) in the output file as well? I've assumed not, but I'm sure you can work out how to add it if needed :)

Chris...

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