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Description

Write data to a file

Arguments and Return Values

Arguments: A data object, a filename and a file type.

Return Value: None. A file is written.

Usage

Syntax: write(object = VAL, filename = STRING, type = TYPE [, force = 1])

The write() function copies data to a file. The value of type specifies the type of file written, and is one of:

  • specpr - SpecPR
  • vicar - Vicar grayscale
  • grd - USGS Grid
  • pgm - Pbmplus 8-bit grayscale
  • ppm - Pbmplus 24-bit true-color
  • isis - PDS/ISIS
  • ascii - Columnar ascii matrix
  • imath - Imath format
  • ers - ER Mapper Raster
  • gif - Compuserve GIF format
  • tiff - Tagged Image File Format
  • jpeg - Joint Photographic Experts Group
  • png - Portable Network Graphics
  • bmp - Microsoft Bitmap
  • raw - Binary output, no header
  • hdf - HDF

If the force keyword is included, then any existing file of the same name is overwritten. Without this keyword, the write is aborted if the filename already exists.

Notes:

The standard graphics formats (GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, BMP, PPM), all expect either 1 or 3 band, byte images. A 3-band image is interpreted to be a red band, a green band and a blue band.

The PGM and GRD formats can not handle multiplane data.

The ERS format produces two files, one named "path", containing the raw raster data, and another named "path.ers", containing the ERS header. This is the standard for ERS files.

write() is an alias for save().

Examples

dv> a
100x100x1 array of float, bsq format [40,000 bytes]

dv> save(a,"test.cub",vicar,force=1)

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Modified On: 06-15-2006

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