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Re: reading from file

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  • Subject: [mg80189] Re: reading from file
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:11:12 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Uni Leipzig
  • References: <f9p4sk$qom$1@smc.vnet.net>
  • Reply-to: kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de

Hi,

try

data=Get[datafile]

Regards
   Jens

Jesse Sheinwald wrote:
> This is an example of reading from a file that I took from the book "An
> Introduction to Programming with Mathematica"  by Wellin.  The author
> provides data for a number of examples and the reader is instructed to store
> this date either in the BaseDirectory or the UserBaseDirectory.  I entered
> the Mathematica code (v6) as this with the programs response...
> 
> datafile =
> ToFileName[{$BaseDirectory, "Applications", "IPM3", "DataFiles"},
> "dataset.m"]
> 
> Out[4]=
> 
> C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
> Data\Mathematica\Applications\
> \IPM3\DataFiles\dataset.m
> 
> data = Import[datafile, "Table"]
> 
> $Failed
> 
> The idea is to read in file dataset.m and to use it as data.
> 
> In the event this was some v6 quirk, I tried this with Mathematica 5.2 and
> it also didn't work
> 
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
> 
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> 


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