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Tables for Crystallography Volume G Definition and exchange of crystallographic data Edited by S. R. Hall and B. McMahon © International Union of Crystallography 2006 |
International Tables for Crystallography (2006). Vol. G. ch. 5.4, p. 527
Section 5.4.4. Read commands
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Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Kramer Science Center, Dowling College, Idle Hour Blvd, Oakdale, NY 11769, USA, and bSchool of Biomedical and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Perth, WA 6009, Australia |
These commands are used to read data from an existing CIF. Since CIF data are order-independent, most applications would work from a known list of data names (tags) and extract the desired values from the CIF in the order specified. However, some applications need to browse a CIF in the order of presentation. In CIFtbx, a blank name has the meaning of the next name in the file.![[Scheme scheme4]](/schemes/Gach5o4scheme4.gif)
ocif_ requests the named CIF fname to be opened. The logical function is returned as .true. if the CIF can be opened.
data_ specifies the data block name containing the data to be read from the CIF. The logical function is returned as .true. if the data block is found.
bkmrk_ is a bookmark function that saves or restores the current position in the CIF so that data can be accessed nonsequentially if need be. The logical function is returned as .true. if there is space to store the current position or if the restored bookmark number is valid.
find_ finds the requested item in the current data block. The logical function is returned as .true. if the item is found.
test_ provides the data attributes of a data item in the current data block. The logical function is returned as .true. if the item is found. The data attributes are returned in the common-block variables list_, type_, dictype_, diccat_ and dicname_.
name_ identifies the next data name in the current data block. The logical function is returned as .true. if another data name exists in the data block and .false. if the end of the data block is reached. The name is returned in the function argument, name.
numb_ returns the number numb and its standard uncertainty sdev (if appended) of a named data item name. The logical function is returned as .true. if the item is present and is a number. If the item is either absent or cannot be recognized as a valid number, the function is returned as .false. and the original numeric argument values are not changed.
numd_ returns the number numb and its standard uncertainty sdev (if appended) as double-precision variables of a named data item name. The logical function is returned as .true. if the item is present and is a number. If the item is either absent or cannot be recognized as a valid number, the function is returned as .false. and the original numeric argument values are not changed.
char_ returns character or text strings, strg, of the named data item name. The logical function is returned as .true. if the item is present. If text lines are being read, this function is called repeatedly until the logical variable text_ is .false..
cmnt_ returns the next comment, strg, in the current data block. The logical function is returned as .true. if a comment is present. The initial comment character ` #' is not included in the returned string and a completely blank line is treated as a comment.
purge_ closes all attached data files and clears all tables and pointers. This is a subroutine call.
