gsphelp  Map table format

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A table is a set of numbers and contains argument values (A), parameter values (P) and function values (F):

 

Key

A[1]

A[2]

A[3]

A[4]

P[1]

F[1,1]

F[1,2]

F[1,3]

F[1,4]

P[2]

F[2,1]

F[2,2]

F[2,3]

F[2,4]

P[3]

F[3,1]

F[3,2]

F[3,3]

F[3,4]

 

The first number of a table is the table key which is composed from the number of rows and columns of the table:

Key = number of rows + number of columns/1000

 

The number of rows is one more than the number of parameter values in the table and the number of columns is one more than the number of arguments in the table. The key for the table above would be 4.005, for example.

 

A table starts always on a new line and begins with the key. After the key follow the first four argument values, separated by at least one "blank" from each other. The rest of the argument values are on additional lines (five numbers per line). Only on the last line with argument values there may be less than five values (columns).

Parameter values must always begin a new line and the first four function values follow on the same line. The rest of the function values are arranged as described for the argument values. The data need not be in specific column positions, but there must be at least one blank between each number.

 

NOTE!

Limits are present on the amount of columns and rows a map table may consist of:

Maximum amount of columns (argument values!)
Currently a maximum of 40 argument values are supported (remember the limit per line in map file is 5 values, the parameter value not included, implying that 8 lines can be used at the most).

Maximum amount of rows (parameter values!)
Currently a maximum of 150 parameter values are supported.