Re: Packages with data sets
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- Subject: [mg130373] Re: Packages with data sets
- From: Vince Virgilio <blueschi at gmail.com>
- Date: Sat, 6 Apr 2013 05:09:50 -0400 (EDT)
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Brentt, You could put all data files in a subdirectory of your package dir, named "Data". Then use $InputFileName in your package file to create a variable named "dataDirectory". Directory and variables names at your discretion of course. I've been keeping a variety of data this way for years, with extensions like XLS, MAT , WDX, and CSV. I avoid MX files because of their unportability (though I admire their speed). Vince On Tuesday, April 2, 2013 3:25:03 AM UTC-4, Brentt wrote: > Hi, I am writing a package which requires for its use access to a 80 mb > > data set. > > > > Is there a standard way to associate a package with a set of data? I > > figured out a way that involves pulling the data from dat files available > > online and parsing them into a more readily available mathematica form. But > > I'd rather be able to have the user just have the data with the package. > > What is the best way to go about this? I thought .mx files but I noticed > > the docs say that they don't work across platforms.