colsf¶

Purpose¶

Returns the number of columns in a GAUSS data (.dat) file or GAUSS matrix (.fmt) file.

Format¶

ncols = colsf(fh)¶

Parameters:: fh (scalar) – file handle of an open file
Returns:: ncols (scalar) – number of columns in the file that has the handle fh.

Examples¶

// Create filename with full path
dataset = getGAUSSHome() $+ "examples/credit.dat";

// Open file handle for data reading only
fh = dataOpen(dataset, "read");

// Calculate the number of columns in the file created above
ncols = colsf(fh);

call close(fh);

The result will be

ncols = 11

Remarks¶

In order to call colsf on a file, the file must be open.