Dear all, I know this is not related to matplotlib but this seems to be the only place where I found people that have knowledge of both NOAA data and python so please bear with me.
The .bull file that NOAA gives for upload is an ascii file formatted for human readability but it creates a lot of issues when I am trying to parse it. Here is a link to one of these files: ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/data/nccf/com/wave/prod/wave.20090117/bulls.t00z/akw.46001.bull Do you have any idea on how to extract the data there in columns for plotting with matplotlib? If you look at the file you'll notice that there is both a header and a footer for the file that needs to be eliminated and the main columns have sub columns also. Another issue is that in a column there is missing data that should keep it's relationship with the time column. And the last issue, some of the values there are preceded by a "*" sign that should just be removed too. Any ideas are greatly appreciated! Anton -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/NOAA-.bull-file-parsing-tp21513800p21513800.html Sent from the matplotlib - users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-users mailing list Matplotlib-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-users
