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[2b7d102]1.. data_formats.rst
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3.. This is a port of the original SasView html help file to ReSTructured text
4.. by S King, ISIS, during SasView CodeCamp-III in Feb 2015.
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6Data Formats
7============
8
91D_Formats_
10
112D_Formats_
12
13.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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15.. _1D_Formats:
16
171D Formats
18----------
19
20SasView will read files with 2 to 4 columns of numbers in the following order:
21
22    Q, I(Q), (dI(Q), dQ(Q))
23   
24where dQ(Q) is the instrumental resolution in Q and assumed to have originated
25from pinhole geometry.
26
27Numbers can be separated by spaces or commas.
28
29SasView recognises the following file extensions:
30
31    .TXT
[6f10243]32   
[2b7d102]33    .ASC
[6f10243]34   
[2b7d102]35    .DAT
[6f10243]36   
[2b7d102]37    .XML (in canSAS format v1.0 and 1.1)
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39If using CSV output from, for example, a spreadsheet, ensure that it is not
40using commas as delimiters for thousands.
41
42For a description of the NIST 1D format see:
[6f10243]43
[2b7d102]44http://danse.chem.utk.edu/trac/wiki/NCNROutput1D_IQ
45
46For a description of the ISIS 1D format see:
[6f10243]47
[2b7d102]48http://www.isis.stfc.ac.uk/instruments/loq/software/colette-ascii-file-format-descriptions9808.pdf
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50NB: SasView does not at present load data where the Q and I(Q) data are in
51separate files.
52
53.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
54
55.. _2D_Formats:
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572D Formats
58----------
59
60SasView will only read files in the NIST 2D format with the extensions
61.ASC or .DAT
62
63Most of the header lines can be removed except the last line, and only the
64first three columns (Qx, Qy, and I(Qx,Qy)) are actually required.
65
66For a description of the NIST 2D format see:
[6f10243]67
[2b7d102]68http://danse.chem.utk.edu/trac/wiki/NCNROutput1D_2DQxQy
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70.. ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
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