Manual Page for Command >>>> SKIP



Syntax
>>>> HEADER: nskip
or
>>>> SKIP: nskip

Parent Command
all third-level commands in block > OBSERVATION

 

Subcommand
-

 

Description
This command identifies the number of lines to be skipped before reading data. Data reading starts nskip+1 lines after the command line >>>> DATA, or on the (nskip+1)-th line of the data file (see command >>>> DATA).

Example
> OBSERVATION
>> TEMPERATURE
>>> ELEMENTS: ELM_10 + 4
>>>> SKIP: 3 lines before reading data
>>>> DATA [HOURS]
(1) -------------------------------------------------------------
(2) time [h] temperature comment
(3) -------------------------------------------------------------
0.00 21.3 mean temperature prior to experiment
1.12 21.3 heater turned on
1.15 21.9
1.20 23.4
2.00 32.8 heater turned off
2.10 29.3
2.20 26.7
2.30 24.1
4.00 21.6 end of experiment
-------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> standard DEVIATION: 0.5 degrees C
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See Also
>>>> COLUMN | >>>> DATA | >>>> FORMAT | >>>> SET (o)