[GRASSLIST:1112] s.in.ascii | general site question

[Kevin Slover]

I am having some difficulties importing a sites file correctly... and 
maybe it is difficulty in understanding the principles behind the ascii 
file formats.

I am attempting to import an ascii file with general form of:
lon lat waveheight winddirection windspeed buoynumber
(ex: -87.5 25.2 1.0 300 15 42001)

it is tab delimmeted, and imports with no problem.  However, in trying 
to use d.site.lables, it only allows me to use attr=double, which adds 
on unnecessary zeros, making the labels worthless.

Is the reason why I can only use doubles is that the import data 
contains no text of any sort?  Is there any way to force it to import as 
  a string?

Thanks in advance!
-- 
LTJG Kevin Slover, NOAA
GIS Specialist/Oceanographer
NOAA/National Hurricane Center/Storm Surge Unit
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