function readnextline, unit
	s=''
	tmp=0l
	data=lonarr(15)

	readf, unit, s
	sepstring=str_sep(s, ' ')
	redstring=sepstring(where(sepstring ne ''))
	
	reads, redstring(0), tmp
	data(0)=tmp

	n=n_elements(redstring)
	for i=n-14, n-1 do begin
		reads, redstring(i), tmp
		data(i-n+15) = tmp
	end

	return, data
end

;;for outputing to century format
;IDL> i=string(format='(F7.2)', 34.5)
;IDL> print, i
;  34.50

;; reads climate data from an ascii file and out puts it in long binary form seperated by location
pro climdat, infile

openr, inun, /get, infile
s=''
readf, inun, s

curfile=''
data=lonarr(200, 15)
count=0
tmp=0l


while not eof(inun) do begin

;; read first line to intialize everything
	readf, inun, s
	sepstring=str_sep(s, ' ')
	redstring=sepstring(where(sepstring ne ''))
	
	reads, redstring(0), tmp
	data(count, 0) = tmp

	n=n_elements(redstring)
	for i=n-14, n-1 do begin
		reads, redstring(i), tmp
		data(count, i-n+15) = tmp
	end

	curfile=redstring(1)

;; main read loop
	while not eof(inun) and data(count, 0) eq data(0,0) do begin
		count=count+1
		data(count,*)=readnextline(inun)
	endwhile


;;output the current data file
	if count le 1 then begin 
		print, 'ERROR : ', curfile
	endif else begin
		if not eof(inun) then begin
			openw, oun, /get, curfile+strcompress(string(data(0,0)))+ $
				strcompress(string(data(0,1)))+strcompress(string(data(count-1,1)))
		endif else begin
			openw, oun, /get, curfile+strcompress(string(data(0,0)))+ $
				strcompress(string(data(0,1)))+strcompress(string(data(count,1)))
		endelse

		writeu, oun, data(0:count-1,*)
		close, oun & free_lun, oun
	endelse

	data(0,*)=data(count,*)
	count=1

endwhile

end