<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <!--Converted with LaTeX2HTML 2002-2-1 (1.71) original version by: Nikos Drakos, CBLU, University of Leeds * revised and updated by: Marcus Hennecke, Ross Moore, Herb Swan * with significant contributions from: Jens Lippmann, Marek Rouchal, Martin Wilck and others --> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>B.1 Table data</TITLE> <META NAME="description" CONTENT="B.1 Table data"> <META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="GMT_Docs"> <META NAME="resource-type" CONTENT="document"> <META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="global"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="LaTeX2HTML v2002-2-1"> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Style-Type" CONTENT="text/css"> <LINK REL="STYLESHEET" HREF="GMT_Docs.css"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node182.html"> <LINK REL="previous" HREF="node175.html"> <LINK REL="up" HREF="node175.html"> <LINK REL="next" HREF="node177.html"> </HEAD> <BODY bgcolor="#ffffff"> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html5220" HREF="node177.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html5214" HREF="node175.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html5208" HREF="node175.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html5216" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html5218" HREF="node258.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html5221" HREF="node177.html">B.1.1 ASCII tables</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html5215" HREF="node175.html">B. GMT file formats</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html5209" HREF="node175.html">B. GMT file formats</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html5217" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html5219" HREF="node258.html">Index</A></B> <BR> <BR> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <H1><A NAME="SECTION001910000000000000000"></A> <A NAME="29696"></A> <BR> B.1 Table data </H1> <P> These files have <I>N</I> records which have <I>M</I> fields each. Most programs can read multicolumn files, but require that the <I>x</I> [and <I>y</I>] variable(s) be stored in the 1st [and 2nd] column (There are, however, some exceptions to this rule, such as <A NAME="tex2html1710" HREF="../man/filter1d.html"><I><B>filter1d</B></I></A><A NAME="30062"></A> and <A NAME="tex2html1711" HREF="../man/sample1d.html"><I><B>sample1d</B></I></A><A NAME="30067"></A>). <A NAME="tex2html1712" HREF="http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu"><B>GMT</B></A> can read both ASCII and binary table data. <P> <BR><HR> <!--Table of Child-Links--> <A NAME="CHILD_LINKS"><STRONG>Subsections</STRONG></A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html5222" HREF="node177.html">B.1.1 ASCII tables</A> <UL> <LI><A NAME="tex2html5223" HREF="node178.html">B.1.1.1 Optional file header records</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html5224" HREF="node179.html">B.1.1.2 Optional segment header records</A> </UL> <BR> <LI><A NAME="tex2html5225" HREF="node180.html">B.1.2 Binary tables</A> <LI><A NAME="tex2html5226" HREF="node181.html">B.1.3 NetCDF tables</A> </UL> <!--End of Table of Child-Links--> <HR> <!--Navigation Panel--> <A NAME="tex2html5220" HREF="node177.html"> <IMG WIDTH="37" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="next" SRC="next.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html5214" HREF="node175.html"> <IMG WIDTH="26" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="up" SRC="up.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html5208" HREF="node175.html"> <IMG WIDTH="63" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="previous" SRC="prev.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html5216" HREF="node1.html"> <IMG WIDTH="65" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="contents" SRC="contents.png"></A> <A NAME="tex2html5218" HREF="node258.html"> <IMG WIDTH="43" HEIGHT="24" ALIGN="BOTTOM" BORDER="0" ALT="index" SRC="index.png"></A> <BR> <B> Next:</B> <A NAME="tex2html5221" HREF="node177.html">B.1.1 ASCII tables</A> <B> Up:</B> <A NAME="tex2html5215" HREF="node175.html">B. GMT file formats</A> <B> Previous:</B> <A NAME="tex2html5209" HREF="node175.html">B. GMT file formats</A> <B> <A NAME="tex2html5217" HREF="node1.html">Contents</A></B> <B> <A NAME="tex2html5219" HREF="node258.html">Index</A></B> <!--End of Navigation Panel--> <ADDRESS> Paul Wessel 2011-02-27 </ADDRESS> </BODY> </HTML>