4.47 sddsmakedataset

• description: sddsmakedataset  writes the input data into a file or pipe in SDDS format. It can be used to make add SDDS file consisting of a small amount of data from the script. It is more convenient than “sdds save”.
• examples:

  sddsmakedataset mydata.sdds -parameter=pi,type=double -data=3.1415926 -parameter=UserName,type=string -data=somebody -column=index,type=short -data=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 -column=primeNumbers,type=long -data=1,2,3,5,7,11,13,17,19,23 -column=lettersOfAlphabet,type=character -data=a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j -ascii

  An ascii file mydata.sdds is created by this command. The printout of mydata.sdds is as following: (used sddsprintout to get the prinout).

  Printout for SDDS file mydata.sdds  
   
  pi =           3.141593e+00  UserName =         somebody  
   
   index  primeNumbers  lettersOfAlphabet  
  ----------------------------------------  
       1             1                  a  
       2             2                  b  
       3             3                  c  
       4             5                  d  
       5             7                  e  
       6            11                  f  
       7            13                  g  
       8            17                  h  
       9            19                  i  
      10            23                  j

• synopsis:

  sddsmakedataset [<oututFile> | -pipe=out] [-defaultType=double|float|long|short|string|character] [-parameter=<name>[,type=<string>][,units=<string>][,symbol=<string>][,description=<string>]] [-data=<value>] -parameter=.... -data=... [-column=<name>[,type=<string>][,units=<string>][,symbol=<string>][,description=<string>]] [-data=<listOfCommaSeparatedValue>] -column=... -data=... [-noWarnings] [-description=<string>] [-contents=<string>] [-mode=<string>]

• switches:
  • outputFile — SDDS output file for writing the data to.
  • -pipe=out — output the data in SDDS format to the pipe instead of to a file.
  • -defaultType — specify the default data type for paparemeters and columns if not specified in the parameter or column definition.
  • -parameter — specify the parameter name, data type, units, symbol and description.
  • -column — specify the column name, data type, units, symbol and/or description.
  • -noWarnings — do not print out warning messages.
  • -ascii — output file in ascii mode, the default is binary.
  • -description — description of output file.
  • -contents — contents of the description.
• author: H. Shang ANL