convert text file into 1d cluster with 2 elements to search

[bassinbc]

How can I get the output array to be the same as the input array in the vi. I can use the input array as the input to the Interpolate vi and works. However, I can't get the Output array I am building to match the input array. 

[altenbach · Accepted solution]

I would recommend a few tutorials:

You need to read the input as array with two columns, then convert each row to a cluster of two elements, giving you an output array with one cluster element per row. Here is one possibility, but there are many others.

Your mistakes:

• You have two columns in the input, so you need to convert it into a 2D array. You only get the first value (1) and the values that are preceded by a tab (second column) for a total of five elements..
• So you create a 1D array with five elements and convert it to a cluster with 2 elements, dropping even more input data.
• Then you built that cluster into an array with one element. Interpolating into an array of point with only one element is quite useless.
• ...

[altenbach]

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@altenbach wrote:

 Here is one possibility, but there are many others.

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A relatively rare function can do it without the FOR loop if you prefer this (The FOR loop is easier to understand):