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STAR*NET V6 - Circe

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Chapter 9 Tools<br />

As discussed above, the portion of each line to the right of the second “:” is the<br />

formatting definition and is made up of a combination of special characters that tells<br />

<strong>STAR*NET</strong> how to format the new points. Only certain characters may be used in this<br />

formatting definition. Each character has a special purpose. A list of all formatting<br />

characters and the purpose of each is listed in the table below.<br />

This: Causes this action:<br />

P or R<br />

Point Name is written (left or right justified in a field when a<br />

field width is entered, i.e. P15).<br />

N Northing is written.<br />

E Easting will be written.<br />

H When project options coordinate order is set to “NE”, the first<br />

occurrence of an “H” writes a Northing, the second writes an<br />

Easting. The order is switched when the option is “EN”.<br />

Z Elevation is written.<br />

D Descriptor is written.<br />

Comma A comma is written.<br />

Space A space is written.<br />

Single Quote A single quote character (') is written.<br />

Double Quote A double quote character (") is written.<br />

Brackets [ ] Text between the [ and the ] is written.<br />

Slash ( / )<br />

A new line (carriage return) is written.<br />

Reformatting Characters<br />

These formatting characters may be entered as upper or lower case, and of course in any<br />

order - the order you wish your data items to appear in the reformatted points file. If any<br />

characters other than those in the list above are entered (except for the text entered<br />

between the special square bracket characters), an error message “Invalid Definition<br />

Style” will be shown when the reformatter routine is used, and you will have to make a<br />

correction to the STAR6.FMT file before the routine will work.<br />

Every formatted line written to the output file is automatically ended with a new line<br />

(carriage return). However with the special “/” slash character available as shown in the<br />

list above, you can cause new lines to be inserted anywhere. Perhaps you would like one<br />

or more items on a separate line. Simply use the slash rather than a space or comma<br />

separator, and a carriage return will be inserted.<br />

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