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Re: reading variable names and values from a file

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  • Subject: [mg41560] Re: reading variable names and values from a file
  • From: Jens-Peer Kuska <kuska at informatik.uni-leipzig.de>
  • Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 05:46:38 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Universitaet Leipzig
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Hi,

str = "a   1\n
b   2\n
c   3"

and

Set @@@  (ImportString[str, 
        "Table"] /. {s_String, b_} :> {ToExpression[s], b})

Regards
  Jens


Chuck Wilkerson wrote:
> 
> Howdy!
> 
> I would like to read a text file that looks like the following:
> 
> a       1
> b       2
> c       3
> ...
> 
> and end up having assigned the value in the second column to the
> variable name in the first column, i.e.
> 
> a=1
> b=2
> c=3
> ...
> 
> Does anyone know how to do this?  I have tried (only briefly, though)
> with ReadList to accomplish this task, but with no success yet.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> -Chuck
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