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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Awk is also a good choice, here's an editorial comparison of Awk vs. SED, with a link to tutorials for each:<BR>
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Awk is a programming language with arithmetic operators, array handling etc., SED is essentially batch application of regular expressions. <BR>
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Given the platform independence of regular expressions, SED is my cup of tea. But as Jeff states the case, Awk would be an excellent tool for a data extraction task -- back in the dark ages of DOS, I used Awk years before learning SED to strip the colors from AutoCAD DXF files.<BR>
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Jessica.<BR>
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We use AWK, which can be obtained from Gnu software for a modest donation (I.e. GAWK). Its incredibly powerful, and has a long history from its origin at Bell labs as a unix toolkit. There are several good books on AWK, including one by its creators: Aho, Weinberger and Kernigan.<BR>
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This work well on the FORTRAN-formatted output from DOE-2.<BR>
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Subject: [BLDG-SIM] eQuest: macro for extracting data from a sim file<BR>
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I need to extract data from a sim file. I have over 1600 runs to make and need only one piece of data from the SIM file. Has anyone put together a macro like this before? Examples...<BR>
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Thanks, Jessica<BR>
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