The TABLEDEF input statement

The TABLEDEF input statement allows the import of tabular data, similar to the TABLE input function.

The format is

TABLEDEF('filename',name1 [,name2,..])

Unlike the TABLE statement, the TABLEDEF statement can be used to directly define one or several parameters from a multi-valued table file.  Whereas in the TABLE statement the additional arguments are coordinate reassignments, in the TABLEDEF statement the additional arguments are the names to be defined and associated with the table data.  In this, the TABLEDEF statement is syntactically identical to the TRANSFER statement.

See TABLE File Format for a definition of the table file format.