Q: My raw data has a 9*9 block format as follows saved as a .dat file, say, MyData.dat:

0  21  21  11  11  11  11  11  11
0   0  11  11  11  11  22  22  22
0   0   0  11  22  22  22  22  22
0   0   0   0  22  22  22  22  22
0   0   0   0   0  22  22  22  22
0   0   0   0   0   0  12  12  12
0   0   0   0   0   0   0  22  22
0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0  11
0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0   0

Now I want GAMS automatically import that data formated like shown below:

 
Table X(i,i)
   C1  C2 C3   C4  C5  C6  C7  C8  C9
C1  0  21  21  11  11  11  11  11  11
C2  0   0  11  11  11  11  22  22  22
C3  0   0   0  11  22  22  22  22  22
...

GAMS does not rely on positional information when reading data, it needs set elements. The Windows GAMS system comes with a couple of Posix/Unix text utilities that allow you to modify your input file in a structured way to meet the GAMS data input requirements. Please find below an example of using the “awk” utility to create row and column information for your table:

$set CMAX 9
Set   i /C1 * C%CMAX%/ ;
TABLE  X(i,i)
$onechoV > x.awk
BEGIN { for(i=0; i<=C; i++) printf "C%d ",i; printf "\n"; }
NR<=C { print "C" NR,$0 }
$offecho
$call awk -vC=%CMAX% -f x.awk MyData.dat > X.dat
$ondelim
$include X.dat
$offdelim
option decimals=0; display X;

----     22 PARAMETER X  

            C2          C3          C4          C5          C6          C7          C8          C9

C1          21          21          11          11          11          11          11          11
C2                      11          11          11          11          22          22          22
C3                                  11          22          22          22          22          22
C4                                              22          22          22          22          22
C5                                                          22          22          22          22
C6                                                                      12          12          12
C7                                                                                  22          22
C8                                                                                              11

Below is another example:

• Format of the raw data:

 189
 187
 192
 202
 210
 235
 293
 321
 328
 325
 315
 297
 286
 286
 290
 299
 321
 321
 299
 282
 270
 255
 234
 209
 229
...

• GAMS Code:

Sets p  / t1*t1000 /;
$echo "{print "t"++t,$0}" > x.awk
$call awk -f x.awk raw.dat > indexed.gms
Parameter data(p) /
$include indexed.gms
/;

• indexed.gms

t1  189
t2  187
t3  192
t4  202
t5  210
t6  235
t7  293
t8  321
t9  328
t10  325
t11  315
t12  297
t13  286
t14  286
t15  290
t16  299
t17  321
t18  321
t19  299
t20  282
t21  270
t22  255
t23  234
t24  209
t25  229
...