Re: Read data from an existing file
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- Subject: [mg101978] Re: [mg101965] Read data from an existing file
- From: Patrick Scheibe <pscheibe at trm.uni-leipzig.de>
- Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:16:12 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <603623.91644.qm@web35607.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Hi, you can import your data as "Table" and then you only have to rearange it a bit to plot it: data = Import["~/CO/data.txt", "Table"]; buildData[{fst_, rest__}] := {fst, #} & /@ {rest}; ListPlot[Transpose[buildData /@ data], Joined -> True] Cheers Patrick (you have to substitute of course my path in the Import statement) On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 07:27 -0700, Jun Lin wrote: > Hi Patrick, > > Thanks very much for responding. Attached please find the file including the data I want to plot. The first column is for the argument, and the others are for variables. Thanks again. > > Best Regards, > > Jun Lin > > > --- On Fri, 7/24/09, Patrick Scheibe <pscheibe at trm.uni-leipzig.de> wrote: > > > From: Patrick Scheibe <pscheibe at trm.uni-leipzig.de> > > Subject: Re: [mg101965] Read data from an existing file > > To: jl_03824 at yahoo.com > > Cc: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net > > Date: Friday, July 24, 2009, 6:46 AM > > Hi, > > > > this depends strongly on what you mean by *file*. If we > > don't know how > > the data is aranged, what filetype, what you want to plot, > > etc. there's > > no way to help you. > > > > You should check the examples in the documentation of > > Import or give > > more details about what you want to do. > > > > Cheers > > Patrick > > > > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 06:14 -0400, jl_03824 at yahoo.com > > wrote: > > > Any help will be appreciated. Can anybody tell me how > > to read data > > > from an existing file by using "Import"? And how to > > use the data > > > imported to draw curves? > > > > > > > > > >