This is brilliant! Would be interesting to note how you thought it out.
Especially because an ordinary split leaves an extra 0 at the end in some of the lines. ( 0&".) ;._2 T 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9065 134.7 67.3 2.3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12012 158.9 75.6 3.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15055 198.6 75.8 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16687 238.9 69.8 2.8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9801 117.1 83.7 3.4 0 2010/12/19 Tikkanz <tikk...@gmail.com> > Something like this? > > (_4 {. 0&".) ;._2 T > > Ric > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:03 AM, Bo Jacoby <bojac...@yahoo.dk> wrote: > > I need elementary advice. Please help me. > > > > I have a text T, retrieved by cut and past from a pdf-document, like > this: > > > > T =. 0 : 0 > > SN 1990O . . . . . . 9065 134.7 67.3 2.3 > > SN 1990T . . . . . . . 12012 158.9 75.6 3.1 > > SN 1990af . . . . . . 15055 198.6 75.8 2.8 > > SN 1991S . . . . . . . 16687 238.9 69.8 2.8 > > SN 1991U . . . . . . 9801 117.1 83.7 3.4 > > ) > > > > How to produce a 5 row 4 column array containing the numeric data from T? > > > > - Bo > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: gos...@gmail.com gsm: +3546985532 sími: +3544781286 http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm