Dear all,
Is there any way to convert the sdds format to ASCII format? Thanks.
Chinchi
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Re: Ascii ouput
Chinchi,
Yes, there are several ways to do this.
One way is using sddsprintout, e.g.,
% sddsprintout -spreadsheet=csv -column=* <input> <output>
This will make a CSV file from all the columns in <input>. Be warned however that the order of the output columns is not guaranteed, however, unless you individually specify the columns on the commandline with separate -column options.
Another way is using sdds2plaindata. It is a little more flexible than using sddsprintout. For example, it can output the data in column-major order instead of row-major order. It will also output data into flat binary files.
Having said all that, it is worth learning the SDDS toolkit instead of converting all the data to ASCII. A lot of the power of elegant comes from the ability to write SDDS-based scripts to perform automatic data processing.
--Michael
Yes, there are several ways to do this.
One way is using sddsprintout, e.g.,
% sddsprintout -spreadsheet=csv -column=* <input> <output>
This will make a CSV file from all the columns in <input>. Be warned however that the order of the output columns is not guaranteed, however, unless you individually specify the columns on the commandline with separate -column options.
Another way is using sdds2plaindata. It is a little more flexible than using sddsprintout. For example, it can output the data in column-major order instead of row-major order. It will also output data into flat binary files.
Having said all that, it is worth learning the SDDS toolkit instead of converting all the data to ASCII. A lot of the power of elegant comes from the ability to write SDDS-based scripts to perform automatic data processing.
--Michael