#!/usr/bin/env python

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#
#  Python macro for Applied Statistics 2017/18 exam, problem 5.1 on Hulse-Taylor pulsar.
#
#  Author: Troels C. Petersen (NBI)
#  Email:  petersen@nbi.dk
#  Date:   16th of January 2018
#
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with open( 'data_HulseTaylor.txt', 'r' ) as infile :
    header = infile.readline()      # Read (and ignore) the first line, which is a header line!
    counter = 0
    for line in infile:
        columns = line.strip().split()
        counter += 1

        # Print some numbers as a sanity check:
        if (counter < 10) :
            print("  Time: {:8.4f}   Amplitude: {:8.4f}".format(float(columns[0]), float(columns[1])))


print("  The total number of data points read is: {:d}".format(counter))