4.67 sddsmakedataset

• description: sddsmakedataset writes input data into an SDDS file or pipe. It can be used to create a small SDDS file from a script, and is more convenient than sddssave.
• 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 using sddsprintout() is:

  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 [<outputFile> | -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.
  • -pipe=out — Output the data in SDDS format to the pipe instead of to a file.
  • -defaultType — Specify the default data type for parameters 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 description.
  • -noWarnings — Do not print warning messages.
  • -ascii — Output the file in ASCII mode; default is binary.
  • -description — Description of output file.
  • -contents — Contents of the description.
• see also:
  • sddsprintout()
• author: H. Shang, ANL/APS.