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#!CDarkGreen #!N  #!Rall117 Example 3. Data with Header 
information #!N #!EC #!N #!N A data file may contain descriptive 
information in addition to the data to be imported. To import 
only the data, therefore, it is necessary to "skip" such information 
when the file is read. The  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   header #!EF keyword statement 
enables you to do just that, by specifying a number of 
bytes or lines to be skipped or a string to be 
searched for. For example, suppose the scalar data field of Example 
1 had 3 lines of descriptive text preceding the data. #!N 
#!N #!I0 #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-r-normal--18*   #!N #!N #!I30 #!N 1. As in 
Example 2 (Steps 2 through 4), open the record_scalar header file. 
#!N #!I30 #!N 2. Change the path name in the  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   
Data file #!EF field to: #!CForestGreen #!N #!N  #!F-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18*   #!N /opt/local/dx/samples/data/record_withheader 
#!EF #!N #!N #!EC #!N #!I30 #!N 3. Activate the  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   
Header #!EF toggle button and then click on the option button 
just to the right of it. #!N #!I30 #!N 4. From 
the list that appears, select  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   # of lines #!EF and 
enter the value "3" in the associated text field. #!N #!I30 
#!N 5. Repeat Example 1, Step 10 (see  #!Lex1a,dxall116 s To save the header file  #!EL  ), to 
save the header file, which should look like: #!N #!I0 #!N 
#!EF #!N #!N #!N #!CForestGreen #!N  #!F-adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--18*   #!N file = /opt/local/dx/samples/data/record_withheader 
#!N grid = 5 x 8 x 6 #!N format = 
text #!N interleaving = record #!N majority = row #!N header 
= lines 3 #!N field = field0 #!N structure = scalar 
#!N type = float #!N dependency = positions #!N positions = 
regular, regular, regular, 1, .5, 3, 1.0, 2.0, .75 #!N #!N 
end #!EF #!N #!N #!EC #!N #!N Note the addition of 
a  #!F-adobe-times-bold-r-normal--18*   header #!EF keyword statement (line 6). #!N #!N #!N 
 #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*   Next Topic #!EF #!N #!N  #!Lall118,dxall119 h Example 4. Naming a Field  #!EL  #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*   #!N 
