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Procedure Name

read_nasa (from read_nasa.pro)

Purpose

Reads in data from a file in the NASA/UND format and returns the header information in a structure and the data values in the "data" variable.

Syntax

 READ_NASA, file_name, header, data [, /HEADER_ONLY]
  • file_name - The name of the NASA/UND-formatted ASCII file to read data from.
  • header - Returned structure that contains the header information.
  • data - Returned array that contains the data read from the file.
  • /HEADER_ONLY - Optional keyword that returns only the header information from the input file.