Outputting x,y pairs in Mathematica
- To: mathgroup at yoda.physics.unc.edu
- Subject: Outputting x,y pairs in Mathematica
- From: myers at nsfitp.itp.ucsb.edu (Chris Myers)
- Date: Sun, 1 Mar 92 22:18:38 PST
To the Mathgroup --
I would like Mathematica to do a simple thing for me. I would
like to be able to take a list of pairs, e.g.,
pairs = {{x1,y1}, {x2,y2},{x3,y3},...{xn,yn}}
and write it out to a file in the form
x1 y1
x2 y2
x3 y3
.....
xn yn
Unfortunately, the closest I have come to this is with
OutputForm[TableForm[pairs]] >> file,
which gives me the desired result except with an extra carriage return
between lines:
x1 y1
x2 y2
x3 y3
.....
xn yn
(For those of us who think that Mathematica does a less-than-spectacular
job in plotting things, writing out {x,y} pairs in the form mentioned
above is rather useful, so that they can be plotted by some other program.)
Any suggestions would be appreciated. Elegance is not a requirement,
although I would prefer something that I can stick in a definition
and be done with (e.g., define a new Form such as XYForm[]).
Thanks,
Chris Myers
myers at sbitp.ucsb.edu
P.S. To the Moderator:
I am on the Mma mailing list as myers at helios.tn.cornell.edu.
I have moved and would like my address updated to myers at sbitp.ucsb.edu.