PDL::IO::Grib::Field - Field tools for Grib files


PDL-IO-Grib documentation Contained in the PDL-IO-Grib distribution.

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NAME

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  PDL::IO::Grib::Field - Field tools for Grib files

SYNOPSIS

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       use PDL;
       use PDL::IO::Grib;

       $gh = new PDL::IO::Grib;
       $gh->readgrib("filename");
       $gh->getfield("fieldname");
       $f = $gh->anyfield();

DESCRIPTION

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Field.pm gives you access to the individual fields of a Grib file. Here is the code that attempts to decipher each of the sections associated with the format. All of the data is read into PDLs (one for each section) and it only deciphers those pdls on demand. It only knows how to decipher a small subset of the possibilities at this time, but should allow the developer to write and test new or local decipher methods easily. Of course if you write a new method and can cleanly merge it with whats working please feel free to send it back to me.

FUNCTIONS

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new

PDL::IO::Grib::Field new creates a new Field structure hash and if passed an open file handle reads the next grib record into that structure. It reads each of the sections into a PDL.

name

$f->name('fred') assigns the name fred to field, $name = $f->name(); retreves the name of $f if it has one. Initial names are read from Gribtables.pm

id

  It takes 5 fields to uniquely identify a grib variable we concatinate these
  fields return them, Grib.pm uses this to identify each variable

initialize

Should only be called from new - reads a Grib record from a file handle

read_section

read_section is an internal subroutine to read a record section from a grib file it expects a file handle and an optional flag to tell it that the bds section is being read. We only read the first 16 bytes of the bds.

pds_has_octet12

Returns true if pds octet 10 indicates that octet 11 is one byte and octet 12 is a seperate field, returns 0 otherwise

pds_attribute

$f->pds_attribute($num) returns the value of the PDS field which begins at octet $num. You really need to have the Grib document (http://www.wmo.ch/web/www/reports/Guide-binary-2.html) in hand to use these things. If this function recognizes that a value beginning at octet $num spans several octets and really takes another form, it decodes and returns that value. The default is to return the unsigned integer value of the byte at that octet. In a few cases it recognizes that no value exists for a given octet and returns undef.

gds_attribute

see the pds_attribute description

bms_attribute

see the pds_attribute description

bds_attribute

see the pds_attribute description

section_dump

section_dump returns a string which includes the entire contents of the specified section, except in the case of the BDS where it only includes the first 16 bytes. It is a little braindead - if I know that octet 42 is really a list of 21 float values I return a pdl of 21 values from octet 42 but I also return octets 43 - 126 as well.

PDL::packint3

Given an integer value this packs it into a 3 byte PDL. The optional signed flag causes a signed pack.

PDL::unpackint3

Given a PDL of 3 bytes unpacks into a integer, if the signed flag is on the highest bit indicates sign of the output value.

PDL::packint2

Packs the integer passed in $val into a two byte pdl optionally setting the signed flag if the signed option is defined.

PDL::unpackint2

Given a PDL of 2 bytes unpacks into a integer, if the signed flag is on the highest bit indicates sign of the output value.

Given a PDL of length $cnt unpacks into a integer.

gds_vertical_parameters

Function to decode the vertical parameter field if present. Convenience function, could be done with gds_attribute directly.

read_data

Decode the data section of a grib record. Currently only handles grid point simple packing, but should be able to handle any number of bits per value.

write_bds

Write the bds section and encoded data to a filehandle (fh), recomputes the data minimum and scale value before packing.

write

Write a complete grib record.


PDL-IO-Grib documentation Contained in the PDL-IO-Grib distribution.
package PDL::IO::Grib::Field;
use strict;
#use warnings;
use FileHandle;
use PDL;
use PDL::IO::FlexRaw;
use PDL::IO::Grib::Wgrib;

use fields qw/IS PDS_pos PDS_len GDS_len BMS_len BDS_len
              PDS GDS BMS BDS BDS_pos DATA name/;

sub new {
  my($class,$fh) = @_;

  no strict 'refs';
  my $field = bless [ \%{"$class\::FIELDS"}], $class;

  my $id;
  $field->{IS} = pdl(byte,[71,82,73,66,0,0,0,1]);
  if(defined $fh){
    $field->initialize($fh);


#	 return if($fh->eof);
  }else{
    $field->{PDS_len}=28;
    $field->{PDS} = zeroes(byte,28);
    $field->{GDS} = zeroes(byte,32);
    $field->{BDS} = zeroes(byte,11);
    $field->pds_attribute(1,28);  # default length of PDS
    $field->pds_attribute(8,128); # GDS defined BMS undef
    $field->gds_attribute(1,32);  # default length of GDS
  }

#  use Data::Dumper;
#  my $out = Dumper($field);
#  print $out;
  return ($field);
}

sub name{
  my($field,$name) = @_;
  if(defined $name){
	 $field->{name} = $name;
  }
  return $field->{name};
} 


sub id{
  my($field) = @_;
  # should be an error
  
  return unless defined $field->{PDS};

  my $id;
  if($field->pds_has_octet12()){
	  $id = sprintf("%u:%u:%u:%u:%u",
							$field->pds_attribute(9),
							$field->pds_attribute(4),
							$field->pds_attribute(10),
							$field->pds_attribute(11),
							$field->pds_attribute(12));
  }else{
	  $id = sprintf("%u:%u:%u:%u",
							$field->pds_attribute(9),
							$field->pds_attribute(4),
							$field->pds_attribute(10),
							$field->pds_attribute(11));


  }
  print "id = $id\n" if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
  return $id;
}

sub initialize{
  my($field,$fh) = @_;

#
# Read the length of each section.  I seem to have problems finding 
# the header exactly
# but the word GRIB should appear followed by another 4 bytes 
#
  my $tin;

  my $r = $fh->read( $tin, 4);

  until($tin =~ /GRIB$/ || $r==0){
	 my $in;
    $r = $fh->read( $in, 1);
    $tin .= $in;
  }
#  $tin =~ s/.*(.{4})GRIB/$1GRIB/;  
  $tin =~ s/.*GRIB/GRIB/;  



  unless($r>=1){
	 warn 'Could not find record marker in file';
	 return;
  }

  
  
  my $a =  PDL->zeroes((new PDL::Type(byte)),4);
  $r = PDL::IO::FlexRaw::readchunk($fh,$a,4);

  
  (my $t = $field->{IS}->slice("4:7")) .= $a;


  my $trl = $a->PDL::unpackint3();

  print " Total record length: $trl\n" if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
   
  $field->{PDS_pos}=$fh->tell;

  print "Read PDS\n"  if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);

  ($field->{PDS_len},$field->{PDS}) = $field->read_section($fh);

  my $gdsbms = $field->pds_attribute(8); 


  if($gdsbms & 128){
	 print "Read GDS\n"  if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
    ($field->{GDS_len},$field->{GDS}) = $field->read_section($fh);
  }

  if($gdsbms & 64){
	 print "Read BMS\n"  if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
    ($field->{BMS_len},$field->{BMS}) = $field->read_section($fh);
  }
  $field->{BDS_pos} = $fh->tell();

  print "Read BDS\n"  if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
  ($field->{BDS_len},$field->{BDS}) = $field->read_section($fh,1);

  my @flags = $field->bds_attribute(4);
  if($flags[0]+$flags[1]==0){
    $field->{BDS} = $field->{BDS}->slice("0:10");
  }


  print "Trl = $trl $field->{PDS_len} $field->{GDS_len} $field->{BMS_len} $field->{BDS_len}\n" if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
    
}

sub read_section{
  my($field,$fh,$bds) = @_;
#
# first unpack the section length then go back and read the entire section 
# into an appropriatly sized PDL
#
  my $a =  PDL->zeroes((new PDL::Type(byte)),3);
  PDL::IO::FlexRaw::readchunk($fh,$a,3);

  my $len = $a->PDL::unpackint3();

  print "section length = $len\n" if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);

  $fh->seek(-3,1);
  my $section;
#
# Usually we read everything but we do not read the actual data in the 
# BDS section
#
  if($bds){
	 #
	 # We need at least the first 16 octets
	 #
	 $section = PDL->zeroes((new PDL::Type(byte)),16);
    PDL::IO::FlexRaw::readchunk($fh,$section,16);
	 # -16 for header read +4 for end record.
    $fh->seek($len-16+4,1);
    
  }else{
	 $section = PDL->zeroes((new PDL::Type(byte)),$len);
    PDL::IO::FlexRaw::readchunk($fh,$section,$len);
  }

  print "read_section  $len ", ushort($section)," \n" if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
  return($len,$section);
}

sub pds_has_octet12{
  my ($f) = @_;

  my $o10 = $f->pds_attribute(10);
  if($o10 == 100 || 
     $o10 == 103 || 
     $o10 == 105 || 
     $o10 == 107 || 
     $o10 == 109 || 
     $o10 == 111 || 
     $o10 == 113 || 
     $o10 == 125 || 
     $o10 >= 160 ){
    return(0);
  }
  return(1) ;
}

sub pds_attribute{
  my($f, $num, $val) = @_;

  my $offset = $num-1;
  if($num==1){
    if(defined $val){
      my $lof=$offset+2;
      (my $t=$f->{PDS}->slice("$offset:$lof")) .= PDL::packint3($val);
      $f->{PDS_len}=$val;
    }else{
      return $f->{PDS_len};
    }
  }elsif( $num > $f->{PDS_len}){
    barf("$num is not a valid PDS octet identifier\n");
  }elsif($num == 11){
    if($f->pds_has_octet12()){
      if(defined $val){
		  (my $t = $f->{PDS}->slice("($offset)")) .= $val;
      }else{
		  return $f->{PDS}->slice("($offset)");
      }
    }else{
      if(defined $val){
		  (my $t=$f->{PDS}->slice("$offset:$num")) .= PDL::packint2($val);
      }else{
		  return $f->{PDS}->slice("$offset:$num")->unpackint2();
      }
    }
  }elsif($num == 12 && !$f->pds_has_octet12()){
    return undef;
  }elsif($num == 22){
    if(defined $val){
      (my $t=$f->{PDS}->slice("$offset:$num")) = PDL::packint2($val);
    }else{
      return  $f->{PDS}->slice("$offset:$num")->unpackint2();
    }
  }elsif($num == 27){
    my $tval =  $f->{PDS}->slice("$offset:$num")->unpackint2('signed');
    return $tval;
  }
  else{
    if(defined $val){
      if($val<0 or $val>255 or $val != int($val)){
	barf "ERROR: cannot store $val in byte";
      }
      (my $t = $f->{PDS}->slice("($offset)")) .= $val;
    }else{
      return $f->{PDS}->slice("($offset)");
    }
  }
}

sub gds_attribute{
  my($f, $num, $val) = @_;
  my $offset = $num-1;

  if($num==1){
    if(defined $val){
		my $lof=$offset+2;
		(my $t=$f->{GDS}->slice("$offset:$lof")) .= PDL::packint3($val);
		$f->{GDS_len}=$val;
    }else{
      return $f->{GDS_len};
    }
  }elsif($num<4 or $num > $f->{GDS_len}){
    barf("$num is not a valid GDS octet identifier\n");
  }elsif($num == 7 || $num == 9){
    if(defined $val){
		(my $t=$f->{GDS}->slice("$offset:$num")) .= PDL::packint2($val);
	 }else{
		return $f->{GDS}->slice("$offset:$num")->unpackint2();
	 }
  }elsif($num == 11 || $num == 14 || $num == 18 || $num==21){
    my $ep=$offset+2;
	 if(defined $val){
		(my $t=$f->{GDS}->slice("$offset:$ep")) .= PDL::packint3($val,'signed');
	 }else{
		my $tval =  $f->{GDS}->slice("$offset:$ep")->unpackint3('signed');
		return $tval/1000;
	 }
#
# note that we can't call $f->gds_attribute(5) here, we need to 
# decode it directly to avoid recursion
#
  }elsif($num < 255 && $num ==  $f->{GDS}->slice("(4)")){ 
    my $end =  $offset+4*$f->gds_attribute(4)-1;
	 if(defined $val){
		(my $t = $f->{GDS}->slice("$offset:$end")).= PDL::IO::Grib::Wgrib::encode_ref_val($val);
	 }else{
		print  $f->{GDS}->nelem," Getting PV $offset:$end\n" if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);

		my $a = $f->{GDS}->slice("$offset:$end")->reshape(4,($end-$offset+1)/4);

		return(PDL::IO::Grib::Wgrib::decode_ref_val($a));
	 }
  }
  else{
    if(defined $val){
      (my $t = $f->{GDS}->slice("($offset)")) .= $val;
    }else{
      return $f->{GDS}->slice("($offset)");
    }
  }
  
}


sub bms_attribute{
  my($f, $num, $val) = @_;

  my $offset = $num-1;
  if($num==1){
    if(defined $val){
      my $lof=$offset+2;
      (my $t=$f->{BMS}->slice("$offset:$lof")) .= PDL::packint3($val);
      $f->{BMS_len}=$val;
    }else{
      return $f->{BMS_len};
    }
  }else{
    if(defined $val){
      (my $t = $f->{BMS}->slice("($offset)")) .= $val;
    }else{
      return $f->{BMS}->at($offset);
    }
  }
  
}

sub bds_attribute{
  my($f, $num, $val) = @_;
  my $offset = $num-1;

#  print $f->{BDS},"\n";

  if($num == 1){
    my $lof = $offset+2;
    if(defined $val){
      (my $t=$f->{BDS}->slice("$offset:$lof")) .= PDL::packint3($val);
    }else{
      return PDL::unpackint3($f->{BDS}->slice("$offset:$lof"));
    }
  }elsif($num == 4 && ! defined $val){
    # return an array reference 
    
    my $v = $f->{BDS}->slice("($offset)");
    return ($v & 128, $v & 64, $v & 32, $v & 16, $v & 15);
  }elsif($num == 5){
    if(defined $val){
      if($val != 0){
	$val = int(log($val)/log(2));
      }
      (my $t = $f->{BDS}->slice("$offset:$num")) .= PDL::packint2($val,'signed');
#      print "Encoding bds 5: $val ",$f->{BDS}->slice("$offset:$num"),"\n";
    }else{
#      print "Decoding bds 5: ",$f->{BDS}->slice("$offset:$num"),"\n";
      return 2**($f->{BDS}->slice("$offset:$num")->unpackint2('signed'));
    }
  }elsif($num == 7){
    my $lof = $offset+3;
    if(defined $val){
      (my $t = $f->{BDS}->slice("$offset:$lof")) .= PDL::IO::Grib::Wgrib::encode_ref_val($val);
    }else{
      return PDL::IO::Grib::Wgrib::decode_ref_val($f->{BDS}->slice("$offset:$lof"));
    }
  }else{
    if(defined $val){
      (my $t = $f->{BDS}->slice("($offset)")) .= $val;
    }else{
      return $f->{BDS}->at($offset);
    }
  }

}  

sub section_dump{
  my($f,$section) = @_;
  my $function;

  $section = uc $section;
  if($section eq 'PDS'){
    $function = \&PDL::IO::Grib::Field::pds_attribute;
  }elsif($section eq 'GDS'){
    $function = \&PDL::IO::Grib::Field::gds_attribute;
  }elsif($section eq 'BMS'){
    $function = \&PDL::IO::Grib::Field::bms_attribute;
  }elsif($section eq 'BDS'){
    $function = \&PDL::IO::Grib::Field::bds_attribute;
  }else{
    barf("invalid section name $section\n");
  }
  my $out = "$section octet  value\n";
    

  $out.="     1   ". &{$function}($f,1)."\n";
  for(4 .. $f->{$section."_len"}-1){
    $out.="     $_   ".&{$function}($f,$_)."\n";
  }
  return $out;
}

# private 
sub PDL::packint3{
  my($val,$signed) = @_;
  if(defined $signed && $val<0){
	 $val = -($val & 8388607);
  }
  pdl(byte,[$val>>16,($val&65535)>>8,($val&255)]);
}

sub PDL::unpackint3{
  my($pd,$signed) = @_;
  
  my $val = (($pd->at(0)<<16) + ($pd->at(1)<<8) + $pd->at(2));
  if(defined $signed and $val>8388607){
    $val =  -($val & 8388607);
  }
  $val;
  
}

sub PDL::packint2{
  my($val,$signed) = @_;
  if(defined $signed && $val<0){
	 $val = -($val & 32767);
  }
  pdl(byte,[$val>>8,($val&255)]);
}

sub PDL::unpackint2{
  my($pd,$signed) = @_;
  my $val = (($pd->at(0)<<8) + $pd->at(1));

  if(defined $signed && $val > 32767){
	 $val = -($val & 32767);
  }
  $val;
}

sub PDL::unpackint{
  my($slice,$cnt) = @_;

  my $val;
  $cnt--;

  if($cnt > 0){
	 $val = (256**$cnt)*$slice->at(0)+$slice->slice("1:-1")->unpackint($cnt);
  }else{
	 $val =  $slice->at(0);
  }
  return($val);
}


sub gds_vertical_parameters{
  my($f) = @_;
  return $f->gds_attribute( $f->gds_attribute(5) );
}

use PDL::IO::Misc qw(bswap2 bswap4);

sub read_data{
  my($f, $fh)=@_;

  my @flags = $f->bds_attribute(4);

  

#  print "flags = @flags\n";
  my $dataarray;
  

  if($flags[0]+$flags[1] == 0){
	 # easiest case - grid point simple packing
	 my $xdim = $f->gds_attribute(7);
	 my $ydim = $f->gds_attribute(9);

	 $fh->seek($f->{BDS_pos}+11,0);
	 my $len = $f->{BDS_len}-11;	 
    $len-- if($flags[4]>0);


    if($len<=0){
		print "Warning: data length reported as 0\n";
		$f->{DATA} = $f->bds_attribute(7);
		return( $f->{DATA} );
	 }
    print "dimensions $xdim $ydim $len \n"  if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
    my $decoded;
	 my $bitsperval = $f->bds_attribute(11);
	 print "Reading $bitsperval bits per value ",ref($bitsperval),"\n"  if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
	 if($bitsperval == 8){
		$dataarray = PDL->zeroes((new PDL::Type(byte)),$xdim,$ydim);
		PDL::IO::FlexRaw::readchunk($fh,$dataarray,$len);
	 }elsif($bitsperval ==  16){
		$dataarray = PDL->zeroes((new PDL::Type(ushort)),$xdim,$ydim);

#		print "Reading from ",$fh->tell," bds_pos= ",$f->{BDS_pos},"\n";

		PDL::IO::FlexRaw::readchunk($fh,$dataarray,$len);

		bswap2($dataarray) if($PDL::IO::Grib::swapbytes);
	 }else{
		my $bytearray = PDL->zeroes((new PDL::Type(byte)),$len);
		$dataarray = PDL->zeroes((new PDL::Type(float)),$xdim*$ydim);
      
		PDL::IO::FlexRaw::readchunk($fh,$bytearray,$len);
		my $bitmap;

		if(defined $f->{BMS}){
		  $bitmap = $f->{BMS}->slice("6:-1");
		}else{
		  $bitmap = 255+PDL->zeroes((new PDL::Type(byte)),$xdim*$ydim/8+1); 
		}
      
		PDL::IO::Grib::Wgrib::BDSunpack($bytearray,$bitmap, $bitsperval, 
					 $f->bds_attribute(7),$f->bds_attribute(5), $dataarray);
      $dataarray = $dataarray->reshape($xdim,$ydim);
		$decoded=1;
		#		barf "Do not know how to handle $bitsperval bits per value";
    }
	 unless($decoded || ($f->bds_attribute(5) == 1) && ($f->bds_attribute(7) == 0)){
		print "before decode: ",join(' ',$dataarray->minmax),"\n" if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);
	   $dataarray=float $dataarray*$f->bds_attribute(5)+ $f->bds_attribute(7);
	 }
  }else{
	 barf "Do not know how to handle bds octet 4 = @flags yet";
  }

  $dataarray *= (10**( -$f->pds_attribute(27))) if($f->pds_attribute(27));
 
  $f->{DATA} = $dataarray;

  my $endrec;
  
  read $fh, $endrec, 1 if($flags[4]);  

  read $fh, $endrec, 4;
  if($endrec ne '7777'){
	 print "Unexpected endrec: $endrec\n";
  }
  
  return($dataarray);
}




sub write_bds{
  my($f,$fh,$options)=@_;

  my @flags = $f->bds_attribute(4);

  $fh->seek($f->{BDS_pos},0) if(defined $options->{INSERT});

  unless(defined $f->{DATA}){
	 print "DATA not defined for field in write_bds ",$f->{name},"\n";
	 print $fh $ { $f->{BDS}->get_dataref};
	 return;
  }

  my $dataarray = double $f->{DATA};
  
  if($flags[0]+$flags[1] == 0){
    # easiest case - grid point simple packing
    
    $dataarray *= (10**$f->pds_attribute(27)) if($f->pds_attribute(27));

    my($min,$max);
    ($min,$max) = $dataarray->minmax;

    $f->bds_attribute(7,$min);

    if($min == $max){
      print "Warning: data length reported as 0\n";
      $f->bds_attribute(1,12);
      print $fh $ { $f->{BDS}->get_dataref};
      return;
    }

    my $decoded;
    my $bitsperval = $f->bds_attribute(11);
    my $r = ($max-$min)/(2 **$bitsperval);
    $f->bds_attribute(5,$r);

    print "$r Writing $bitsperval bits per value ",ref($bitsperval),' min=',
    $f->bds_attribute(7),' scale=',$f->bds_attribute(5),"\n"   if($PDL::IO::Grib::debug);

    if($min!=0 or $f->bds_attribute(5)!=1){
      $dataarray = ($dataarray-$f->bds_attribute(7))/$f->bds_attribute(5);
    }
    if($bitsperval == 8){
      $dataarray=byte($dataarray);
    }elsif($bitsperval ==  16){
      $dataarray=ushort($dataarray);
      bswap2($dataarray) if($PDL::IO::Grib::swapbytes);
    }else{
		$dataarray=BDSpack($dataarray,$bitsperval);	
    }
    print $fh $ { $f->{BDS}->get_dataref};
    
    print $fh $ { $dataarray->get_dataref};

    
	 print $fh  ' '	 if($flags[4]);
  }else{
    barf "Do not know how to handle bds octet 4 = @flags yet";
  }
}


sub write{
  my ($field,$fh,$options) = @_;

# insert assumes the file already exists and already contains the field and
# that we are replacing that field with another of the same length

  binmode $fh;
  if(defined $options->{INSERT}){
	 $fh->seek($field->{PDS_pos}-8,0);
  }else{
	 # we don't want to modify the length if we're inserting, do we?

	 $field->{BDS_len} = 11+$field->{DATA}->nelem*$field->bds_attribute(11)/8;
  

#    print "BDS_len = ",$field->{BDS_len}," bpv=",$field->bds_attribute(11),"\n";
	 $field->{BDS_len} = int($field->{BDS_len})+1 
		if($field->{BDS_len} != int($field->{BDS_len}));
  
#    print "BDS_len = ",$field->{BDS_len}," bpv=",$field->bds_attribute(11),"\n";
	 if($field->{BDS_len} % 2){
		$field->{BDS_len} = $field->{BDS_len}+1;
	   my @flags = $field->bds_attribute(4);
	   my $val = ($flags[0]<<7) + ($flags[1]<<6) + ($flags[2]<<5) + ($flags[3]<<4) + 8;
		$field->bds_attribute(4,$val);
	 }
#    print "BDS_len = ",$field->{BDS_len}," bpv=",$field->bds_attribute(11),"\n";
	 $field->bds_attribute(1,$field->{BDS_len});

	 if(defined $field->{GDS}){
		$field->{GDS} = $field->{GDS}->append(pdl [0]) 
		  if($field->{GDS}->nelem %2);
		$field->gds_attribute(1,$field->{GDS}->nelem);
	 }
	 if(defined $field->{BMS}){
		$field->{BMS} = $field->{BMS}->append(pdl [0]) 
		  if($field->{BMS}->nelem %2);
		$field->bms_attribute(1,$field->{BMS}->nelem);
	 }
	 $field->{PDS} = $field->{PDS}->append(pdl [0]) 
		if($field->{PDS}->nelem %2);
	 $field->pds_attribute(1,$field->{PDS}->nelem);
  }

  my $trl = $field->{IS}->nelem + $field->{PDS}->nelem + $field->{BDS_len}+4;
  $trl += $field->{GDS}->nelem if(defined $field->{GDS});
  $trl += $field->{BMS}->nelem if(defined $field->{BMS}) ;

  (my $t = $field->{IS}->slice("4:6")) .=  PDL::packint3($trl);

  print $fh $ { $field->{IS}->get_dataref};

  $field->pds_attribute(1,$field->{PDS}->nelem);

  print $fh $ { $field->{PDS}->get_dataref};

  print $fh $ { $field->{GDS}->get_dataref}  if(defined $field->{GDS});

  print $fh $ { $field->{BMS}->get_dataref}if(defined $field->{BMS});

  $field->write_bds($fh,$options);

  print $fh '7777';

}


sub BDSpack{
  my($f, $bitsperval) = @_;
  
  if($f->min<0 or $f->max >= 2**$bitsperval){
	 barf "Bad range in BDSpack, trying to put ".join(' ',$f->minmax)." into $bitsperval bits\n";
  }

  my $nvals = $f->nelem*$bitsperval/8;

  $nvals = int($nvals)+1  if($nvals != int($nvals));

  my $pows = 2**zeroes($bitsperval)->xvals->slice("-1:0");
  
  my $c = byte(($f->dummy(0) & $pows)>0)->reshape(8,$nvals);

  my $b = ($c->slice("0")<<7) +
	    ($c->slice("1")<<6) +
	    ($c->slice("2")<<5) +
	    ($c->slice("3")<<4) +
	    ($c->slice("4")<<3) +
	    ($c->slice("5")<<2) +
  	    ($c->slice("6")<<1) +
	    $c->slice("7");
}


  
1;