Re: Re: Bug in Import?
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- Subject: [mg55521] Re: [mg54939] Re: Bug in Import?
- From: Chris Chiasson <chris.chiasson at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 02:43:14 -0500 (EST)
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Was there ever an explanation for the second line being imported differently? WRI? On Mon, 7 Mar 2005 02:10:23 -0500 (EST), Peter Pein <petsie at arcor.de> wrote: > Hans Michel wrote: > > > In[1]:= Export["test.tsv", {{"2005-01-24", "2005-02-14"}, {"2005-01-24", \ > > "2005-02-14"}}] > > > > Out[1]= test.tsv > > > > In[2]:= Import["test.tsv", ConversionOptions -> {"Numeric" -> False, > > "DateStyle" \ > > -> "American", "DateSeparator" -> "-"}] > > > > Out[2]= {{2005-01-24, 2005-02-14}, {2005-01-24, 2005-02-14}} > > > > In[3]:= Import["test.tsv"] > > > > Out[3]= {{2005-01-24, 2005-02-14}, {2005, -1, -24, 2005, -2, -14}} > > > > In[4]:= Import["test.tsv", ConversionOptions -> {"NumberSigns" -> {"^", > > "*"}}] > > > > Out[4]= {{2005-01-24, 2005-02-14}, {2005-01-24, 2005-02-14}} > > > > In[5]:= $Version > > > > Out[5]= 5.1 for Microsoft Windows (October 25, 2004) > > > > Window XP Profesional > > > > The format for Import is > > > > Import["test.tsv", "TSV", Encoding -> None, ConversionOptions -> {...}] > > > > That is hard to find in the Help files. > > > > Still does not explain why the second line gets messed up. Is it the record > > separator, is it the number sign > > > > Hans > > > > No problems in Version 5.0 > > In[1]:= > > Export["test.tsv", {{"2005-01-24", "2005-02-14"}, {"2005-01-24", \ > > "2005-02-14"}}] > > Out[1]= > > test.tsv > > In[2]:= > > Import["test.tsv", ConversionOptions -> {"Numeric" -> False, "DateStyle" > > -> "American", "DateSeparator" -> "-"}] > > Out[2]= > > {{2005-01-24, 2005-02-14}, {2005-01-24, 2005-02-14}} > > In[3]:= > > Import["test.tsv"] > > Out[3]= > > {{2005-01-24, 2005-02-14}, {2005-01-24, 2005-02-14}} > > In[4]:= > > $Version > > Out[4]= > > 5.0 for Microsoft Windows (June 10, 2003) > > > > > > "DrBob" <drbob at bigfoot.com> wrote in message > > news:d09c8k$cvk$1 at smc.vnet.net... > > > >>Not well indexed? That's putting it mildly. > >> > >>Here's an example of use (MUCH needed in Help): > >> > >>Export["test.tsv", > >> {{"2005-01-24", "2005-02-14"}, > >> {"2005-01-24", "2005-02-14"}}] > >>Import["test.tsv", > >> ConversionOptions -> {"Numeric" -> > >> False, "DateStyle" -> "American", "DateSeparator" -> "-"}] > >> > >>No matter what options are used, however... > >> > >>Why is the second record converted differently than the first? > >> > >>Bobby > >> > [...] > >>-- > >>DrBob at bigfoot.com > >>www.eclecticdreams.net > >> > > > > > I think, Bobby wanted to say: "If there's a bug, why only in the second > line?" > It seems a "buggy bug" to me too. > > -- > Peter Pein > Berlin > > -- Chris Chiasson Kettering University Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student 1 810 265 3161
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