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createfromnorad - Function

	Package	general
	Module	measuresdata

Creates an ephemeris table from text input

Synopsis
createfromnorad(nam, fil)

Description
Create a table with ephemeris information in the current directory, using a text file in (for now) the "TRAKSTAR" ECI format.

Example

- include 'measuresdata.g'
- createfromnorad('GAL','ECI21263.509')
NORMAL: successful readonly open of default-locked table GAL:
 7 columns, 21 rows
NORMAL: deleted table GAL.old
NORMAL: successful creation of default-locked table GAL:
 7 columns, 0  rows
NORMAL: created plain table GAL with zero rows
NORMAL: GAL table 0009.0001 now with 21 entries till 2006/01/05
<fail>: non-numeric operand in expression: ([b[i][5], b[i][6],
b[i][7]] * [b[i][8], b[i][9], b[i][10]])
        File:   ./measuresdata.g, Line 2541
        Stack:                sum(), ./measuresdata.g line 2541
                        as_double(), ./measuresdata.g line 2541
                  createfromnorad()

Note the error at end, due to a glish error.

Arguments

nam		name of table to be created
		Allowed:	string
fil		path to input ascii list
		Allowed:	path as string

Returns
bool