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Bob, Maxparms is 40. Sflist will format the data with line feeds- about 80 characters: PARM = PMSL;ALTI;TMPF;DWPF;SKNT;DRCT;GUST;WNUM;CHC1;CHC2;CHC3;VSBY;P03D;P03I; P06I;HSUN;CSYL;CSYM;CSYH;SNOW;WEQS;T06X;T12X;T24X;TMDX;T06N;T12N;T24N; TMDN;P24I STN YYMMDD/HHMM PMSL ALTI TMPF DWPF SKNT DRCT GUST WNUM CHC1 CHC2 CHC3 VSBY P03D P03I P06I HSUN CSYL CSYM CSYH SNOW WEQS T06X T12X T24X TMDX T06N T12N T24N TMDN P24I DEN 991027/1200 1011.00 30.00 48.00 12.90 12.00 210.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 1.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 10.00 3001.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 52.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 46.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 -9999.00 Steve Chiswell Unidata User Support On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Bob Rozumalski wrote: > > > Steve; > > What is the max length (characters) for a line of data > being read from a text file in sfedit? > > Bob > > Ex: > > PARM=SLAT;SLON;SELV;TCLD;CLHx;VSBY;SKYC;WWMO;PALT;TMPF;SSTC;DWPF;DRCT;SKNT;GUST; > ALTI;WHGT;WPER;TMAX;TMIN > > STN YYMMDD/HHMM SLAT SLON SELV TCLD CLHx VSBY SKYC WWMO > PALT > TMPF SSTC DWPF DRCT SKNT GUST ALTI WHGT WPER TMAX TMIN > MCD 991018/1300 -9999 -9999 -9999 S -9999 160 4 -9999 > -9999 > 33 -9999 31 60 3 -9999 3021 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 > MCD 991018/1300 -9999 -9999 -9999 B 16 160 6 -9999 > -9999 > 33 -9999 31 60 5 -9999 3022 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 > MTC 991018/1300 -9999 -9999 -9999 C -9999 192 0 -9999 > 10208 > 39 -9999 37 300 7 -9999 3013 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 > MCD 991018/1300 -9999 -9999 -9999 B 16 160 6 -9999 > -9999 > 35 -9999 31 60 4 -9999 3022 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 > SBIO1 991018/1300 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 > 10195 > 46 -9999 -9999 350 9 12 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 -9999 >