NAME

count_data_lines_until_next_header - Counts the number of data lines until the next data block header.

SYNOPSIS

#include "l/l_io.h"

Example compile flags (system dependent):
  -DLINUX_X86_64 -DLINUX_X86_64_OPTERON  -DGNU_COMPILER 
   -I/home/kobus/include
   -L/home/kobus/misc/load/linux_x86_64_opteron -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
  -lKJB                               -lfftw3  -lgsl -lgslcblas -ljpeg  -lSVM -lstdc++                    -lpthread -lSLATEC -lg2c    -lacml -lacml_mv -lblas -lg2c      -lncursesw 


long count_data_lines_until_next_header(FILE *fp);

DESCRIPTION

Counts data lines from the current file position until the next data block header line is encountered. Data lines are those that DO NOT begin with the comment character which is a user settable option (default is '#'. Header lines are lines that start with the comment character, and are immediately followed by the header character which is also a user setable option (default is '!'). For example:

  If comment_char = '#' and header_char = '!'
  then:
    2345.0               is a data line         (count is incremented)
    # I am hungry        is a comment line      (ignored)
                         is a blank line        (ignored)
    #! rows=50 cols=3    is a data block header (function returns)

This function resets the file position to the position where the header search started.

RETURNS

The number of data lines until the next data clock header on success, or ERROR on failure, with "kjb_error" set to a descriptive message.

count_real_lines

DISCLAIMER

This software is not adequatedly tested. It is recomended that results are checked independantly where appropriate.

AUTHOR

Kobus Barnard, Lindsay Martin

DOCUMENTER

Lindsay Martin