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Convert_Matlab/id_child.m

 % This is a Matlab script. This script converts to Matlab v6 format
-% some output of TOEddies: what is necessary for the script
+% some output of TOEddies: id_child, which is necessary for the script
 % overlap_v6.py.
 
 clear

Convert_Matlab/inst_eddies_v6.py

@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 """Converts adt_YYYY-MM-DD.mat files to two collections of shapefiles,
 SHPC_anti and SHPC_cyclo. The mat files are assumed to be in v7.3
-(HDF5) format and will be converted to v6 format before being read in
-Python. The data in each input file is the set of detected
-instantaneous eddies at a given date. The second, optional, argument
-of this script is the final date processed. The script inst_eddies.m
-must be in the current directory at run-time.
+(HDF5) format and will be converted to v6 format, launching Matlab,
+before being read in Python. The data in each input file is the set of
+detected instantaneous eddies at a given date. The second, optional,
+argument of this script is the final date processed. The script
+inst_eddies.m must be in the current directory at run-time.
 
 """
 

Convert_Matlab/overlap.m

 % This is a Matlab script. This script converts to Matlab v6 format
-% some output of TOEddies: part of what is necessary for the script
-% overlap_v6.py.
+% some output of TOEddies: Nanti, date_num and Ncyclo, which are
+% necessary for the script overlap_v6.py.
 
 disp('Processing Parameters_Anticyclonic_Eddies...')
 load('Parameters_Anticyclonic_Eddies.mat', 'Nanti', 'date_num')

Convert_Matlab/overlap_v6.py

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ def adjust_n(n_Matlab):
     return n_Matlab + (k - k_Matlab) * e_overestim
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    n_files = input("Number of files = ? ")
+    n_files = input("Number of input files id_child_*.mat? ")
     n_files = int(n_files)
     id_child_list = []