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.\" RCSid "$Id: tabfunc.1,v 1.3 2004/01/01 19:31:45 greg Exp $" |
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.TH TABFUNC 1 10/8/97 RADIANCE |
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.SH NAME |
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tabfunc - convert table to functions for rcalc, etc. |
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.SH SYNOPSIS |
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.B tabfunc |
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[ |
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.B \-i |
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] |
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func1 [func2 ..] |
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.SH DESCRIPTION |
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.I Tabfunc |
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reads a table of numbers from the standard input and converts it to |
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an expression suitable for |
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.I icalc(1), |
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.I rcalc(1) |
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and their cousins. |
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The input must consist of a M x N matrix of real numbers, with exactly |
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one row per line. |
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The number of columns must always be the same in each line, |
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separated by whitespace and/or commas, with no missing values. |
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The first column is always the independent variable, whose value |
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indexes all of the other elements. |
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This value does not need to be evenly spaced, but it must be either |
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monotonically increasing or monotonically decreasing. |
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(I.e. it cannot go up and then down, or down and then up.)\0 |
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Maximum input line width is 4096 characters and the maximum number of |
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data rows is 1024. |
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Input lines not beginning with a numerical value will be silently ignored. |
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.PP |
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The command-line arguments given to |
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.I tabfunc |
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are the names to be assigned to each column. |
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.I Tabfunc |
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then produces a single function for each column given. |
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If there are some columns which should be skipped, the dummy name |
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"0" may be given instead of a valid identifier. |
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(It is not necessary to specify a dummy name for extra columns at |
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the end of the matrix.)\0 |
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.PP |
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The |
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.I \-i |
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option causes |
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.I tabfunc |
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to produce a description that will interpolate values in between |
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those given for the independent variable on the input. |
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.SH EXAMPLE |
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To convert a small data table and feed it to rcalc for some |
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calculation: |
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.IP "" .2i |
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rcalc \-e `tabfunc f1 f2 < table.dat` \-f com.cal |
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.SH AUTHOR |
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Greg Ward |
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.SH "SEE ALSO" |
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cnt(1), icalc(1), neaten(1), rcalc(1), rlam(1), total(1) |
