<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Manuel, what I believe you want to do is convert ASCII format data to xyz (columnar) data, no? If this is the case, then I may have a solution for you as I struggled with this also when I first encountered it. I have a Python code that will perform the task quickly. You may email me directly if this is indeed what you're after.</div><div><br></div><div>- David</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On 5-Sep-10, at 9:12 AM, Manuel Spínola wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div> Dear list members,<br><br>I know this is a basic question and not completed related to BIOMOD.<br>I want to run an analysis using BIOMOD but I would like to know the best way to bring bioclimatic and land use variables from ASCII files to the format that the environmental variables are presented in the BIOMOD manual.<br>Thank you very much in advance.<br>Best,<br><br>Manuel<br><br>-- <br>Manuel Spínola, Ph.D.<br>Instituto Internacional en Conservación y Manejo de Vida Silvestre<br>Universidad Nacional<br>Apartado 1350-3000<br>Heredia<br>COSTA RICA<br><a href="mailto:mspinola@una.ac.cr">mspinola@una.ac.cr</a><br>mspinola10@gmail.com<br>Teléfono: (506) 2277-3598<br>Fax: (506) 2237-7036<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Biomod-commits mailing list<br>Biomod-commits@lists.r-forge.r-project.org<br>https://lists.r-forge.r-project.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/biomod-commits<br><br></div></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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