;
;  File:
;    TRANS_read_ASCII_way2.ncl
;
;  Synopsis:
;    Illustrates how to read an ASCII file
;
;  Categories:
;    I/O
;
;  Author:
;    Karin Meier-Fleischer
;  
;  Date of initial publication:
;    September 2018
;
;  Description:
;    This example shows how to read an ASCII file.
;
;  Effects illustrated:
;    o  Read ASCII data
; 
;  Output:
;    -
;
;  Notes: The data for this example can be downloaded from 
;    http://www.ncl.ucar.edu/Document/Manuals/NCL_User_Guide/Data/
;   
/;
  Transition Guide NCL Example:   TRANS_read_ASCII_way2.ncl

   - read ASCII file
   - retrieve variable informations

	Test_6h.csv
	
	2.00;3.50;5.10;8.20
	2.40;3.10;4.80;8.90
	2.60;3.70;5.30;10.10
	2.75;3.90;5.55;10.25
	3.00;4.10;6.05;10.50
	
  2018-08-27  kmf
;/

print("")

;--  data file name

diri = "./"
fili = "Test_6h.csv"

;-- delimiter

delim  = ";"

;-- read the data

data  = asciiread(diri+fili, -1, "string")
cols  = str_fields_count(data(0),delim)

vals = tofloat(str_split_csv(data,delim,0))
print("vals: " + vals)

print("--> columns count:    " + cols)
print("--> lines count:      " + dimsizes(data))
print("--> rank of vals:     " + dimsizes(dimsizes(vals)))
print("--> shape vals:       " + dimsizes(vals))