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Re: Bug in Import?

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• Subject: [mg54800] Re: Bug in Import?
• From: Peter Pein <petsie at arcor.de>
• Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:26:46 -0500 (EST)
• References: <cvum3g$bmp$1@smc.vnet.net>
• Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

Mark Fisher wrote:
> (1) I export a data set that has two identitcal rows.
> (2) I use "!!" to display the stored file, showing that it contains two 
> identical rows.
> (3) I import the file, the result of which does *not* have two identical 
> rows: The first row is different from the second row.
> 
> Export["test.tsv",
>      {{"2005-01-24", "2005-02-14"},
>      { "2005-01-24", "2005-02-14"}}]
> 
> !!test.tsv -->
> 
> 2005-01-24    2005-02-14
> 2005-01-24    2005-02-14
> 
> Import["test.tsv"] -->
> 
> {{2005-01-24, 2005-02-14},
> {2005, -1, -24, 2005, -2, -14}}
> 
> Surely this is a bug.
> 
> (I sent this example to support at wolfram.com three weeks ago, but the 
> only response I've received is that it's not a bug. Frankly, I don't 
> think the tech person who responded understood the example.)
> 
> I  am using version 5.1 for Windows.
> 
> --Mark.
> 
Mark,

 WRI made a really  convenient help file.

Import["test.tsv",ConversionOptions->{"Numeric"->False}]

-- 
Peter Pein
Berlin

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