Re: Mathematica 6 specific Import[ ] problem
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- Subject: [mg81013] Re: Mathematica 6 specific Import[ ] problem
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 03:46:28 -0400 (EDT)
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Hi ALex, with version: 6.0 for Microsoft Windows (32-bit) (June 19, 2007) the following works: Import["d:/tmp/t.txt", "TSV","Numeric"->False] hope this helps, Daniel Alex wrote: > Hello everybody, > > I try to import tab separated data from a filed called bla.txt. > Import["bla.txt","TSV"] works in principle but tries to convert the > file content into numbers. > One of my entries is the string "1E20", which is falsely converted to > 1e20. > In Mathematica 5 I could say Import["bla.txt","TSV",ConversionOptions- >> {"Numeric"->False}] , but how can I achieve this under Mathematica 6 ?? > > ConversionOptions doesn't exist anymore and > Import["bla.txt",{"TSV", "Numeric" -> False}] gives the error: > Numeric->False is not a valid format or element specification. > Expecting a string, list, or integer. > > Finally, Import["bla.txt", "TSV", "Numeric" -> False] is also not > working because Import only accepts 2 arguments. > > Any help is welcomed, > > Axel > >