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#!CNavyBlue #!N  #!Rtimpdat Importing Data #!N #!EC #!N #!N Of the 
data formats that Data Explorer can import, the General Array format 
is likely to be the most useful to a majority of 
users. Other formats are discussed in detail in  #!Limd,dxall618 h Importing Data: File Formats  #!EL  in IBM 
Visualization Data Explorer User's Guide. #!N #!N The General Array format 
uses a simple header file to describe data characteristics such as 
grid dimensions, data type, and layout. The two examples here use 
the Data Explorer Data Prompter to create such header files for 
two simple data files. The Data Prompter is designed specifically for 
importing data in General Array format. (For details of format and 
the Data Prompter, see  #!Lqimd,dxall109 h Importing Data  #!EL  .) #!N #!N #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*   Next 
Topic #!EF #!N #!N  #!Lall37,dxall38 h Example 1  #!EL  #!N  #!F-adobe-times-medium-i-normal--18*   #!N 
