Date:         Mon, 26 May 2003 15:33:36 -0500
Reply-To:     Aldi Kraja <aldi@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU>
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From:         Aldi Kraja <aldi@WUBIOS.WUSTL.EDU>
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Subject:      Re: sequential reading: input
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Hi Karl,
Thank you for your input:
The result is as expected:
1-04    2       1       1       0.5967742
1-04    2       1       2       0.4032258
Aldi

Karl K. wrote:
> Your statement:
>
>    input  #(counter*912+20) percent E12.5 +1 @@;
>
> moves the pointer to the start of the input line each time through the
> inner loop.  Move the "input #(counter*912+20)" outside the loop, and add
> a trailing "@".  I also believe that a single trailing "@" is all you need
> in every instance.  Finally, if you're always advancing the pointer to the
> 6th line, I find 5 slashes easier to read than the calc.  So I'd recommend
> the following (slightly simplified by removing macro code and outer do
> while loop):
>
>  input #(counter*912+1) mkname $12. ///// nr
>        #(counter*912+20) @;
>  do j=1 to nr;
>     input percent E12.5 +1 @;
>     al=j;
>     output;
>  end;
>
> HTH
> Karl
>