READA

Purpose:

Reads a single column ASCII file and returns a series.

Syntax:

READA("filename", colnum, numpoints, offset)

"filename"	-	A string. The name of ASCII file to read. If no path is given, READA searches the current working directory for the file.
colnum	-	Optional. An integer. The column to read. The column number index begins at zero. Defaults to 0.
numpoints	-	Optional. An integer. The number of points to read. Defaults to -1, all the points in the column.
offset	-	Optional. An integer. The starting line number of the data. Defaults to 1, the first line.

Returns:

A series.

Example:

reada("STRAIN.TS")

reads the ASCII file STRAIN.TS, without a header, from disk into the current Window.

Remarks:

READA ignores any header information in the data file. To retain header info, use the Import Utilities.

Any series can be saved as a file with WRITEA, WRITETABLE or WRITEB.

To read a multi-column data file, use the Import Utilities or the READTABLE function. READTABLE reads on or more columns of data and provides more extensive file reading options.