Write data to file in columns (Fortran) - file-io

I need to write some data to file in Fortran 90. How should I use WRITE (*,*) input to have the values grouped in columns? WRITE always puts a new line after each call, that's the problem.
code example:
open (unit = 4, file = 'generated_trajectories1.dat', form='formatted')
do time_nr=0, N
write (4,*) dble(time_nr)*dt, initial_traj(time_nr)
end do
And now the point is to have it written in separate columns.

You can use implied DO loops to write values as single records. Compare the following two examples:
integer :: i
do i=1,10
write(*,'(2I4)') i, 2*i
end do
It produces:
1 2
2 4
3 6
...
Using implied DO loops it can rewritten as:
integer :: i
write(*, '(10(2I4))') (i, 2*i, i=1,10)
This one produces:
1 2 2 4 3 6 ...
If the number of elements is not fixed at compile time, you can either use the <n> extension (not supported by gfortran):
write(*, '(<n>(2I4))') (i, 2*i, i=1,n)
It takes the number of repetitions of the (2I4) edit descriptor from the value of the variable n. In GNU Fortran you can first create the appropriate edit descriptor using internal files:
character(len=20) :: myfmt
write(myfmt, '("(",I0,"(2I4))")') n
write(*, fmt=myfmt) (i, 2*i, i=1,n)
Of course, it also works with list directed output (that is output with format of *):
write(*, *) (i, 2*i, i=1,10)

This really depends on what data you are trying to write to file (i.e. whether you have a scalar within a loop or an array...). Can you include a description of this in your question?
If your are trying to write a scalar multiple times to the same row then try using non-advancing I/O, passing the keyword argument advance="no" to the write statement, e.g.
integer :: x
do x = 1,10
write(*, fmt='(i4,1x)', advance="no") x
end do
However, be aware of a suprise with non-advancing I/O.

The answer depends on your answer to Chris's question. If you want a single line, then you will have to use non-advancing IO as described by Chris. Without this, with multiple formatted write statement you will always get multiple lines.
Also, you will likely need to use formatted IO instead of list-directed (*) IO. The rules are loose for list-directed IO. Different compilers may produce different output. With many output items, line breaks are likely to keep the output lines from being too long.
Here a format that should work if all of your variables are reals:
write (4, '( *(2X, ES14.6) )', advance="no" )

how about the good old $ edit descriptor:
write(*, fmt='(i4,$)') x
remember to do a write(*,*) after your loop...

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Fortran does'nt end when obtain unexpected value?

I've got a program, which compute a several variables and then these variables are writing in to the output file.
Is it possilbe, that when my program can't get a correct results for my formula, it does'nt terminate?
To clarify what I do, here is part of my code, where the variable of my interest are compute:
dx=x(1,i)-x(nk,i)
dy=y(1,i)-y(nk,i)
dz=z(1,i)-z(nk,i)
call PBC(dx,dy,dz)
r2i=dx*dx+dy*dy+dz*dz
r2=r2+r2i
r2g0=0.0d0
r2gx=0.0d0
dx=x(1,i)-x(2,i)
call PBC(dx,dy,dz)
rspani=dsqrt(dx*dx)
do ii=1,nk-1
rx=x(ii,i)
ry=y(ii,i)
rz=z(ii,i)
do jj=ii+1,nk
dx=x(jj,i)-rx
dy=y(jj,i)-ry
dz=z(jj,i)-rz
call PBC(dx,dy,dz)
r21=dx*dx+dy*dy+dz*dz
r21x=dx*dx
r2g=r2g+r21
r2gx=r2gx+r21x
r2g0=r2g0+r21
rh=rh+1.0d0/dsqrt(r21)
rh1=rh1+1.0d0
ir21=dnint(dsqrt(r21)/dr)
p(ir21)=p(ir21)+2.0D0
dxs=dsqrt(r21x)
if(dxs.gt.rspani) rspani=dxs
end do
and then in to the output I just write these variables:
write(12,870)r2i,sqrt(r2i),r2g0,r2gx/(nk*nk)
870 FORMAT(3(f15.7,3x),f15.7)
The x, y, z are actully generate via a random number generator.
The problem is that my output contains, correct values for lets say 457 lines, and then a one line is just "*********" when I use mc viewer and then the output continues with correct values, but let's say 12 steps form do cycle which compute these variables is missing.
So my questions are basic:
Is it possible, that my program can't get a correct numbers, and that's why the result is not writing in to the program?
or
Could it this been caused due to wrong output formating or something related with formating?
Thank you for any suggestion
********* is almost certainly the result of trying to write a number too large for the field specified in a format string.
For example, a field specified as f15.7 will take 1 spot for the decimal point, 1 spot for a leading sign (- will always be printed if required, + may be printed if options are set), 7 for the fractional digits, leaving 6 digits for the whole part of the number. There may therefore be cases where the program won't fit the number into the field and will print 15 *s instead.
Programs compiled with an up to date Fortran compiler will write a string such as NaN or -Inf if they encounter a floating-point number which represents one of the IEEE special values

Read text file line by line but only specific columns

How do we read a specific file line by line while skipping some columns in it?
For example, I have a text file which has data, sorted out in 5 columns, but I need to read only two columns out of it, they can be first two or any other random combination (I mean, need a solution which would work with any combination of columns like first and third only).
Code something like this
open(1, file=data_file)
read (1,*) ! to skip first line, with metadata
lmax = 0
do while (.true.)
! read column 1 and 3 here, either write
! that to an array or just loop through each row
end do
99 continue
close (1)
Any explanation or example would help a lot.
High Performance Mark's answer gives the essentials of simple selective column reading: one still reads the column but transfers it to a then-ignored variable.
To extend that answer, then, consider that we want to read the second and fourth columns of a five-column line:
read(*,*) junk, x, junk, y
The first value is transferred into junk, then the second into x, then the third (replacing the one just acquired a moment ago) into junk and finally the fourth into y. The fifth is ignored because we've run out of input items and the transfer statement terminates (and the next read in a loop will go to the next record).
Of course, this is fine when we know it's those columns we want. Let's generalize to when we don't know in advance:
integer col1, col2 ! The columns we require, defined somehow (assume col1<col2)
<type>, dimension(nrows) :: x, y, junk(3) ! For the number of rows
integer i
do i=1,nrows
read(*,*) junk(:col1-1), x(i), junk(:col2-col1-1), y(i)
end do
Here, we transfer a number of values (which may be zero) up to just before the first column of interest, then the value of interest. After that, more to-be-ignored values (possibly zero), then the final value of interest. The rest of the row is skipped.
This is still very basic and avoids many potential complications in requirements. To some extent, it's such a basic approach one may as well just consider:
do i=1,nrows
read(*,*) allofthem(:5)
x(i) = allofthem(col1)
y(i) = allofthem(col2)
end do
(where that variable is a row-by-row temporary) but variety and options are good.
This is very easy. You simply read 5 variables from each line and ignore the ones you have no further use for. Something like
do i = 1, 100
read(*,*) a(i), b, c(i), d, e
end do
This will overwrite the values in b, d, and e at every iteration.
Incidentally, your line
99 continue
is redundant; it's not used as the closing line for the do loop and you're not branching to it from anywhere else. If you are branching to it from unseen code you could just attach the label 99 to the next line and delete the continue statement. Generally, continue is redundant in modern Fortran; specifically it seems redundant in your code.

Reading a character string of unknown length

I have been tasked with writing a Fortran 95 program that will read character input from a file, and then (to start with) simply spit it back out again.
The tricky part is that these lines of input are of varying length (no maximum length given) and there can be any number of lines within the file.
I've used
do
read( 1, *, iostat = IO ) DNA ! reads to EOF -- GOOD!!
if ( IO < 0 ) exit ! if EOF is reached, exit do
I = I + 1
NumRec = I ! used later for total no. of records
allocate( Seq(I) )
Seq(I) = DNA
print*, I, Seq(I)
X = Len_Trim( Seq(I) ) ! length of individual sequence
print*, 'Sequence size: ', X
print*
end do
However, my initial statements list
character(100), dimension(:), allocatable :: Seq
character(100) DNA
and the appropriate integers etc.
I guess what I'm asking is if there is any way to NOT list the size of the character strings in the first instance. Say I've got a string of DNA that is 200+ characters, and then another that is only 25, is there a way that the program can just read what there is and not need to include all the additional blanks? Can this be done without needing to use len_trim, since it can't be referenced in the declaration statements?
To progressively read a record in Fortran 95, use non-advancing input. For example:
CHARACTER(10) :: buffer
INTEGER :: size
READ (unit, "(A)", ADVANCE='NO', SIZE=size, EOR=10, END=20) buffer
will read up to 10 characters worth (the length of buffer) each time it is called. The file position will only advance to the next record (the next line) once the entire record has been read by a series of one or more non-advancing reads.
Barring an end of file condition, the size variable will be defined with the actual number of characters read into buffer each time the read statement is executed.
The EOR and END and specifiers are used to control execution flow (execution will jump to the appropriately labelled statement) when end of record or end of file conditions occur respectively. You can also use an IOSTAT specifier to detect these conditions, but the particular negative values to use for the two conditions are processor dependent.
You can sum size within a particular record to work out the length of that particular record.
Wrap such a non-advancing read in a loop that appropriately detects for end of file and end of record and you have the incremental reading part.
In Fortran 95, the length specification for a local character variable must be a specification expression - essentially an expression that can be safely evaluated prior to the first executable statement of the scope that contains the variable's declaration. Constants represent the simplest case, but a specification expression in a procedure can involve dummy arguments of that procedure, amongst other things.
Reading the entire record of arbitrary length in is then a multi stage process:
Determine the length of the current record by using a series of incremental reads. These incremental reads for a particular record finish when the end of record condition occurs, at which time the file position will have moved to the next record.
Backspace the file back to the record of interest.
Call a procedure, passing the length of the current record as a dummy argument. Inside that procedure have an character variable whose length is given by the dummy argument.
Inside that called procedure, read the current record into that character variable using normal advancing input.
Carry out further processing on that character variable!
Note that each record ends up being read twice - once to determine its length, the second to actually read the data into the correctly "lengthed" character variable.
Alternative approaches exist that use allocatable (or automatic) character arrays of length one. The overall strategy is the same. Look at the code of the Get procedures in the common ISO_VARYING_STRING implementation for an example.
Fortran 2003 introduces deferred length character variables, which can have their length specified by an arbitrary expression in an allocate statement or, for allocatable variables, by the length of the right hand side in an assignment statement. This (in conjunction with other "allocatable" enhancements) allows the progressive read that determines the record length to also build the character variable that holds the contents of the record. Your supervisor needs to bring his Fortran environment up to date.
Here's a function for Fortran 2003, which sets an allocatable string (InLine) of exactly the length of the input string (optionally trimmed), or returns .false. if end of file
function ReadLine(aunit, InLine, trimmed) result(OK)
integer, intent(IN) :: aunit
character(LEN=:), allocatable, optional :: InLine
logical, intent(in), optional :: trimmed
integer, parameter :: line_buf_len= 1024*4
character(LEN=line_buf_len) :: InS
logical :: OK, set
integer status, size
OK = .false.
set = .true.
do
read (aunit,'(a)',advance='NO',iostat=status, size=size) InS
OK = .not. IS_IOSTAT_END(status)
if (.not. OK) return
if (present(InLine)) then
if (set) then
InLine = InS(1:size)
set=.false.
else
InLine = InLine // InS(1:size)
end if
end if
if (IS_IOSTAT_EOR(status)) exit
end do
if (present(trimmed) .and. present(InLine)) then
if (trimmed) InLine = trim(adjustl(InLine))
end if
end function ReadLine
For example to do something with all lines in a file with unit "aunit" do
character(LEN=:), allocatable :: InLine
do while (ReadLine(aunit, InLine))
[.. something with InLine]
end do
I have used the following. Let me know if it is better or worse than yours.
!::::::::::::::::::::: SUBROUTINE OR FUNCTION :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
!__________________ SUBROUTINE lineread(filno,cargout,ios) __________________________
subroutine lineread(filno,cargout,ios)
Use reallocate,ErrorMsg,SumStr1,ChCount
! this subroutine reads
! 1. following row in a file except a blank line or the line begins with a !#*
! 2. the part of the string until first !#*-sign is found or to end of string
!
! input Arguments:
! filno (integer) input file number
!
! output Arguments:
! cargout (character) output chArActer string, converted so that all unecessay spaces/tabs/control characters removed.
implicit none
integer,intent(in)::filno
character*(*),intent(out)::cargout
integer,intent(out)::ios
integer::nlen=0,i,ip,ich,isp,nsp,size
character*11,parameter::sep='=,;()[]{}*~'
character::ch,temp*100
character,pointer::crad(:)
nullify(crad)
cargout=''; nlen=0; isp=0; nsp=0; ich=-1; ios=0
Do While(ios/=-1) !The eof() isn't standard Fortran.
READ(filno,"(A)",ADVANCE='NO',SIZE=size,iostat=ios,ERR=9,END=9)ch ! start reading file
! read(filno,*,iostat=ios,err=9)ch;
if(size>0.and.ios>=0)then
ich=iachar(ch)
else
READ(filno,"(A)",ADVANCE='no',SIZE=size,iostat=ios,EOR=9); if(nlen>0)exit
end if
if(ich<=32)then ! tab(9) or space(32) character
if(nlen>0)then
if(isp==2)then
isp=0;
else
isp=1;
end if
eend if; cycle;
elseif(ich==33.or.ich==35.or.ich==38)then !if char is comment !# or continue sign &
READ(filno,"(A)",ADVANCE='yes',SIZE=size,iostat=ios,EOR=9)ch; if(nlen>0.and.ich/=38)exit;
else
ip=scan(ch,sep);
if(isp==1.and.ip==0)then; nlen=nlen+1; crad=>reallocate(crad,nlen); nsp=nsp+1; endif
nlen=nlen+1; crad=>reallocate(crad,nlen); crad(nlen)=ch;
isp=0; if(ip==1)isp=2;
end if
end do
9 if(size*ios>0)call ErrorMsg('Met error in reading file in [lineread]',-1)
! ios<0: Indicating an end-of-file or end-of-record condition occurred.
if(nlen==0)return
!write(6,'(a,l)')SumStr1(crad),eof(filno)
!do i=1,nlen-1; write(6,'(a,$)')crad(i:i); end do; if(nlen>0)write(6,'(a)')crad(i:i)
cargout=SumStr1(crad)
nsp=nsp+1; i=ChCount(SumStr1(crad),' ',',')+1;
if(len(cargout)<nlen)then
call ErrorMsg(SumStr1(crad)// " is too long!",-1)
!elseif(i/=nsp.and.nlen>=0)then
! call ErrorMsg(SumStr1(crad)// " has unrecognizable data number!",-1)
end if
end subroutine lineread
I'm using Fortran 90 to do this:
X = Len_Trim( Seq(I) ) ! length of individual sequence
write(*,'(a<X>)') Seq(I)(1:X)
You can simply declare Seq to be a large character string and then trim it as your write it out. I don't know how kosher this solution is but it certainly works for my purpose. I know that some compilers do not support "variable format expressions", but there are various workarounds to do the same thing almost as simply.
GNU Fortran variable expression workaround.

Fortran, How do I get Fortran to ignore lines from a data file that has random spacing

I am writing a FORTRAN code that uses data in a file made by a MD program. the data is a list of values but has breaks in the data for list updates in the form (# Neighbor list update .. 6527 indexes in list), These breaks are at random intervals so I can't just skip every x
I when I do my code it doesn't ignore these lines and randomly adds the value from the previous step.
1, 0.98510699999999995, 0.98510699999999995
2, 1.9654170000000000, 0.98031000000000001
3, 2.9427820000000002, 0.97736500000000004
4, 3.9186540000000001, 0.97587199999999996
4, 4.8945259999999999, 0.97587199999999996
5, 5.8697910000000002, 0.97526500000000005
note the double step 4 with an identical value from the true step 4
How would I go about skipping this line. Please find the sample code below
Open(Unit=10,File='prod._100.tup')
do i=1,50
Read(10,*,IOSTAT=ios)step,temp,kinetic,potential,total,pressure
If(IS_IOSTAT_END(ios)) Exit
test=test+temp
print*, step, test, temp
End Do
It is not clear to me what the "breaks" in the file are. Are they blank lines? If so, the following code should work:
use, intrinsic :: iso_fortran_env
character (len=200) :: line
Open(Unit=10,File='prod._100.tup')
read_loop: do
Read (10,'(A)',IOSTAT=ios) line
If(ios == iostat_end) exit read_loop
if (len_trim (line) == 0) then
write (*, *) "blank line"
cycle read_loop
end if
read (line, *) step,temp,kinetic,potential,total,pressure
test=test+temp
print*, step, test, temp
end do: read_loop
write (*, *) "total is", test
The above is not tested. The "len_trim" test is based on bad records being blank lines. If breaks are otherwise defined you will have to create a different test.
Try:
i=1
do while (i<=50)
Read(10,*,IOSTAT=ios)step,temp,kinetic,potential,total,pressure
If(IS_IOSTAT_END(ios)) Exit
IF(ios.ne.0) cycle
test=test+temp
i=i+1
enddo
When a bad record is read, ios is assigned a system dependent non-zero number (it is zero on success). Apparently you've written a function (IS_IOSTAT_END) to tell if you've reached the end of the file, but other error conditions can exist (for example, the read statement doesn't match the data). That will return a different non-zero ios than an end-file record, so you should just restart the loop at that point (e.g. cycle)
I assume you want to read exactly 50 lines from the file, so I changed your do loop to a do while, but if the number of records you read doesn't actually matter, then feel free to change it back.

Fortran: How do I read the first character from each line of a text file?

this is my first time trying to program in Fortran. I'm trying to write a program that prints the first 1476 terms of the Fibonacci sequence, then examines the first digit of each term and stores the number of 1s, 2s, 3s, ..., 9s that occur in an array.
The problem that I can't seem to figure out is how to read the first digit of each term. I've tried several things but am having difficulty with my limited knowledge of Fortran techniques. I write the terms to a text file and the idea is to read the first digit of each line and accumulate the respective number in the array. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to do this?
Here is my code so far:
(edit: I included the code I have for reading the file. Right now it just prints out 3.60772951994415996E-313,
which seems like an address of some sort, because it's not one of the Fibonacci numbers. Also, it is the only thing printed, I expected that it would print out every line of the file...)
(edit edit: After considering this, perhaps there's a way to format the writing to the text file to just the first digit. Is there a way to set the number of significant digits of a real number to one? :P)
subroutine writeFib(n)
integer :: i
real*8 :: prev, current, newFib
prev = 0
current = 1
do i = 1, n
newFib = prev + current
prev = current
current = newFib
write(7,*) newFib
end do
return
end subroutine
subroutine recordFirstDigits(a)
integer :: openStat, inputStat
real*8 :: fibNum
open(7, file = "fort.7", iostat = openStat)
if (openStat > 0) stop "*** Cannot open the file ***"
do
read(7, *, iostat = inputStat) fibNum
print *,fibNum
if (inputStat > 0) stop "*** input error ***"
if (inputStat < 0) exit ! end of file
end do
close(7)
end subroutine
program test
integer :: k, a(9)
k = 1476
call writeFib(k)
call recordFirstDigits(a)
end program
Although the suggestions were in place, there were also several things that were forgotten. Range of the REAL kind, and some formatting problems.
Anyways, here's one patched up solution, compiled and working, so try to see if this will work for you. I've took the liberty of choosing my own method for fibonacci numbers calculation.
program SO1658805
implicit none
integer, parameter :: iwp = selected_real_kind(15,310)
real(iwp) :: fi, fib
integer :: i
character(60) :: line
character(1) :: digit
integer :: n0=0, n1=0, n2=0, n3=0, n4=0, n5=0, n6=0, n7=0, n8=0, n9=0
open(unit=1, file='temp.txt', status='replace')
rewind(1)
!-------- calculating fibonacci numbers -------
fi = (1+5**0.5)/2.
do i=0,1477
fib = (fi**i - (1-fi)**i)/5**0.5
write(1,*)fib,i
end do
!----------------------------------------------
rewind(1)
do i=0,1477
read(1,'(a)')line
line = adjustl(line)
write(*,'(a)')line
read(line,'(a1)')digit
if(digit.eq.' ') n0=n0+1
if(digit.eq.'1') n1=n1+1
if(digit.eq.'2') n2=n2+1
if(digit.eq.'3') n3=n3+1
if(digit.eq.'4') n4=n4+1
if(digit.eq.'5') n5=n5+1
if(digit.eq.'6') n6=n6+1
if(digit.eq.'7') n7=n7+1
if(digit.eq.'8') n8=n8+1
if(digit.eq.'9') n9=n9+1
end do
close(1)
write(*,'("Total number of different digits")')
write(*,'("Number of digits 0: ",i5)')n0
write(*,'("Number of digits 1: ",i5)')n1
write(*,'("Number of digits 2: ",i5)')n2
write(*,'("Number of digits 3: ",i5)')n3
write(*,'("Number of digits 4: ",i5)')n4
write(*,'("Number of digits 5: ",i5)')n5
write(*,'("Number of digits 6: ",i5)')n6
write(*,'("Number of digits 7: ",i5)')n7
write(*,'("Number of digits 8: ",i5)')n8
write(*,'("Number of digits 9: ",i5)')n9
read(*,*)
end program SO1658805
Aw, ... I just read you need the number of digits stored in to an array. While I just counted them.
Oh well, ... "left as an exercise for the reader ..." :-)
Can you read with a FORMAT(A1)? It's been 20 years so I don't remember the exact syntax.
I wonder why the open statement succeeds when file 7 hasn't been closed. I think you need an endfile statement and/or a rewind statement in between writing and reading.
Paul Tomblin posted what you have to do after you solve your problem in getting reads to work in the first place.
I am getting an 'end of line' runtime error
You don't show the ! code to read here... which makes it kind of difficult to guess what you are doing wrong :-)
Perhaps you need a loop to read each line and then jump out of the loop to a continue statement when there are no more lines.
Something like this:
do
read(7,*,end=10) fibNumber
end do
10 continue
Better still - look at the more modern style used in this revcomp program.
here are some hints:
You don't need to use characters,
much less file i/o for this problem
(unless you forgot to state that a
file must be created).
Therefore, use math to find your statistics. There are lots of resources on Fibonacci numbers that might provide a simplifying insight or at least a way to independently spot check your answers.
Here is a complicated hint in non-Fortran lingo:
floor(10^(frac(log_10(7214989861293412))))
(Put this in Wolfram Alpha to see what it does.)
A simpler hint (for a different approach) is that you can do very
well in Fortran with simple
arithmetic inside of looping
constructs--at least for a first pass at the solution.
Accumulate your statistics as you
go. This advice would even apply to your character-driven approach. (This problem is ideally suited
for coming up with a cute indexing
scheme for your statistics, but some
people hate cute schemes in
programming. If you don't fear
cuteness ... then you can have associative
arrays in Fortran as long as your
keys are integers ;-)
The most important aspect of this
problem is the data type you will
use to calculate your answers. For
example, here's the last number you
will have to print.
Cheers, --Jared