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RE: comments in import files

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• Subject: [mg74646] RE: [mg74624] comments in import files
• From: "David Annetts" <davidannetts at aapt.net.au>
• Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:36:43 -0500 (EST)
• References: <200703280936.EAA28949@smc.vnet.net>

Hi Andy,

> I would like to know if Mathematica can handle comments in 
> import files.
> In particular, I would like to add lines of comments to an 
> <emptyspace>-separated ASCII table (say, "results.dat") that 
> I produced with other programs. 
> However,
> I can't seem to find anything on how to write these comments 
> in such a way that Mathematica's function, used as
> 
> Import["results.dat","Table"];
> 
> does not complain. Help is appreciated.

It sounds pretty obvious, but I'd suggest a "suck it & see approach".

When I export a table, add some comments (in the form "# ....") and import
the file as a Table, the additional comments are correctly imported and they
do not affect the overall structure; I can easily recover the data using
Select[] statement.

My advice is to add your comments but to stick to the same convention to
ease the task of post-processing.  Test things on a small file.

Regards,

Dave.

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  • comments in import files
    • From: "beheiger" <beheiger@hotmail.com>