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**firstLine=** - this is the line the data starts on and is counted from the top of the file even if there are lines commented out with '!' | **firstLine=** - this is the line the data starts on and is counted from the top of the file even if there are lines commented out with '!' | ||
- | **firstCol=** - this is the first column to consider and is a 1 based value so the first column is #1 | + | **firstCol=** - this is the first column to consider and is a 1 based value so the first column is 1 |
* In coordinate format that means the first column that has coordinate element names in it. | * In coordinate format that means the first column that has coordinate element names in it. | ||
* In odometer format that means the first column that has data in it, if this is used the **rowTitles** parameter is ignored | * In odometer format that means the first column that has data in it, if this is used the **rowTitles** parameter is ignored | ||
- | **firstTabCol** - only here for backward compatibility, it is used in odometer format only and it means the first column where there is actually data and is a 0 based index (ie the first column is actually counted as #0). If the **rowTitles=on** is used it is the same as setting firstTabCol to 1 | + | **firstTabCol** - only here for backward compatibility, it is used in odometer format only and it means the first column where there is actually data and is a 0 based index (ie the first column is actually counted as 0). If the **rowTitles=on** is used it is the same as setting firstTabCol to 1 |