Load Patchmaster 2X90 File

#pragma TextEncoding = "UTF-8"
#pragma rtGlobals=3		// Use modern global access method and strict wave access.

//	Procedures to load a Patchmaster 2X90 file.
// 
// The file format is unconventional as it contains both spaces and commas
// and, more problematic, uses letters instead of exponents for numbers.
//	For example:
//		4.3765M		means		4.3765E+6
//		124.10m		means		124.10E-3
//		-10.084p		means		-10.084E-12
//		255.44f		means		255.44E-15
//
// These procedures were written for a particular user's Patchmaster which
// started like this:
// 
//	Series_1_1
//	Sweep #, Mean-80[A], Mean80[A],  Timer[s], R-series[Ω], C-slow[F]
//	      1,  -10.084p,   255.44f,   124.10m,   4.3765M,   10.982p
//			<more data here>
// 
// If your file has a different organization, you will need to customize
// these procedures. 

Menu "Load Waves"
	"Load Patchmaster 2X90 File...", LoadPatchmaster2X90File("", "", 0, 1)
End

//	FixText(textIn)
//	Returns cleaned up version of text without bad line breaks.
//	To keep it simple, this routine assumes that each original line of data
//	has been split into exactly two lines.
//	We also assume that the terminator is CRLF.
//	We also assume that there is a terminator for the last line of the file.
// NOTE: You will need to tweak this for your situation
static Function/S FixText(textIn)
	String textIn
	
	String textOut = ReplaceString(" ", textIn, "")	// Remove spaces
	
	textOut = ReplaceString(",", textOut, "\t")			// Replaces commas with tabs which make a more readable file
	
	textOut = ReplaceString("f", textOut, "E-15", 1)		// Replace f (femto)
	textOut = ReplaceString("p", textOut, "E-12", 1)		// Replace p (pico)
	textOut = ReplaceString("n", textOut, "E-09", 1)		// Replace n (nano)
	textOut = ReplaceString("u", textOut, "E-06", 1)		// Replace u (micro)
	textOut = ReplaceString("m", textOut, "E-03", 1)		// Replace m (milli)
	
	textOut = ReplaceString("k", textOut, "E+03", 1)		// Replace k (kilo)
	textOut = ReplaceString("M", textOut, "E+06", 1)		// Replace M (mega)
	textOut = ReplaceString("G", textOut, "E+09", 1)		// Replace G (giga)
	textOut = ReplaceString("T", textOut, "E+12", 1)		// Replace T (tera)
	textOut = ReplaceString("P", textOut, "E+15", 1)		// Replace P (peta)
	
	return textOut
End

static Function/S GetColumnInfoStr()		// Sets wave names
	String columnInfoStr = ""
	
	columnInfoStr += "N='Sweep';"
	columnInfoStr += "N='MeanMinus80C';"
	columnInfoStr += "N='MeanPlus80C';"
	columnInfoStr += "N='Timer';"
	columnInfoStr += "N='RSeries';"
	columnInfoStr += "N='CSlow';"
	
	return columnInfoStr
End

//	LoadPatchmaster2X90File(pathName, fileName, autoLoadAndGo, createTable)
Function LoadPatchmaster2X90File(pathName, fileName, autoLoadAndGo, createTable)
	String pathName				// Name of an Igor symbolic path or ""
	String fileName				// Name of file or full path to file
	Variable autoLoadAndGo	// If non-zero, loads with default names, overwriting any pre-existing waves with those names
	Variable createTable		// 0=no table; 1=create table

	Variable refNum

	// First get a valid reference to a file.
	if ((strlen(pathName)==0) || (strlen(fileName)==0))
		// Display dialog looking for file.
		String fileFilters = "Text Files (*.asc,*.txt,*.dat,*.csv):.asc,.txt,.dat,.csv;"
		fileFilters += "All Files:.*;"
		String promptStr = "Choose Patchmaster 2X90 Data File"
		Open /D /R /P=$pathName /F=fileFilters /M=promptStr refNum as fileName
		fileName = S_fileName				// S_fileName is set by Open/D
		if (strlen(fileName) == 0)		// User cancelled?
			return -1
		endif
	endif
	
	// Open source file and read the raw text from it into a string variable
	Open/Z=1/R/P=$pathName refNum as fileName
	if (V_flag != 0)
		return -1							// Error of some kind
	endif
	FStatus refNum						// Sets V_logEOF
	Variable numBytesInFile = V_logEOF
	String text = PadString("", numBytesInFile, 0x20)
	FBinRead refNum, text				// Read entire file into variable.
	Close refNum
	
	// Fix the text
	text = FixText(text)				// Create cleaned-up version of the file
	
	// Write the cleaned up text to a temporary file
	String tempFileName = fileName + ".noindex"	// Use of .noindex prevents Spotlight from indexing the file. Otherwise we get an error when we try to delete the file because Spotlight has it open.
	Open refNum as tempFileName
	FBinWrite refNum, text
	Close refNum	
	
	// Load the temporary file
	int dataStartLine = 2
	String columnInfoStr = GetColumnInfoStr()	// Sets wave names
	if (autoLoadAndGo)
		LoadWave/J/D/A/O/E=(createTable)/Q/L={0,dataStartLine,0,0,0}/B=columnInfoStr/P=$pathName tempFileName
	else
		LoadWave/J/D/E=(createTable)/Q/L={0,dataStartLine,0,0,0}/B=columnInfoStr/P=$pathName tempFileName
	endif
	if (V_flag == 0)
		Printf "An error occurred while loading data from \"%s\"\r", S_fileName
	else
		Printf "Loaded data from \"%s\"\r", S_fileName
	endif

	// Delete the temporary file	
	DeleteFile /P=$pathName tempFileName
	
	return 0
End

 

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