Re: Sharing numerical data along with a Mathematica notebook
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- Subject: [mg118241] Re: Sharing numerical data along with a Mathematica notebook
- From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
- Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:55:31 -0400 (EDT)
Here's a simple strategy:
1. Instruct the users to put the data file in the same directory where
the notebook is.
2. Include in your notebook (perhaps as an Initialization cell):
SetDirectory[NotebookDirectory[]]
You can see for yourself the result of this by evaluting then, say,
FileNames[] and you'll see the list of files in that directory.
3. Now you can just refer to the data files by name, without any need
for a path or to search, and do your Import or however you're grabbing
the data from the file.
On 4/16/2011 7:33 AM, Andrew DeYoung wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I use Mathematica a lot to manipulate large lists of numerical data
> (rather than another system, because I find Mathematica's plot options much
> easier to understand and use). Often, I like to share my Mathematica
> plots (including the raw data) with others. I typically send the raw
> data (such as an Excel file or CSV file) and the Mathematica notebook
> with the import commands and the plotted data. However, this can be a
> little complicated, because then my collaborators have to either make
> sure to put the Excel file in the same directory as the Mathematica
> notebook when they detach it from my email, or I have to put a command
> like:
>
> fileName=SystemDialogInput["FileOpen"]
> Import[fileName]
>
> which allows the user to use the Windows interface to select where on
> their hard drives the Excel file is. The slight problem with this is
> that the user cannot then simply re-execute the entire notebook (to
> update the plot after changing their parameters) without again using
> the Windows interface to set fileName every time.
>
> Of course, another option is to include the raw data in the same
> Mathematica notebook, but this can lead to large and cluttered
> notebooks.
>
> My question is, is there any better way that I can saving my numerical
> data and sharing it with collaborators?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Andrew DeYoung
> Carnegie Mellon University
>
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