Re: Designing a Flexible Mathematica Program for Data Analysis
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- Subject: [mg74715] Re: [mg74690] Designing a Flexible Mathematica Program for Data Analysis
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2007 04:22:49 -0400 (EDT)
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readDataSet should probably have multiple (10) DownValues that can transfer each of the different original data formats into an intermediate format that can be processed by other functions On 3/31/07, 5000brians <5000brians at gmail.com> wrote: > I'm using Mathematica to perform data analysis for a project I've been > working on for a few years. I have written quite a bit of Mathematica > code for automating the task of analyzing the data. > > As time goes by, the type of data I collect changes slightly. I'm > looking for a way for the various data set types I have to happily > coexist within a single Mathematica session so I can compare and > contrast all the data with a minimum of fuss. > > Let's say I want to create a plot of dataset 1 and dataset 2. In both > cases, I want the same thing, a plot of parameter a versus parameter > b. And let's say I have a bunch of code already written and it works > just fine for dataset 1. But, dataset 2 is newer, and the data format > is slightly different. The parameters a and b mean the same thing in > both cases, it's just that they are represented differently in dataset > 2 than in dataset 1. > > And let's say I have the following functions: > readDataset: opens the text file and puts dataset into memory > generateAandB: based on the data in the dataset, creates a list of > parameters a and b for a dataset > plotAandB: creates a plot of a vs b. > > In this case, I probably need two versions of readDataset and > generateAandB, one for each of my dataset types. If I am using a > List[], I am probably ok with one plotAandB function. > > But how can I automate this solution? What if I want to read in 30 > datasets with 10 different dataset types? > > I can't do plotAandB[generateAandB[readDataset[#]]]& /@ > listOfDatasets, because I need 10 different generateAandBs and 10 > different readDatasets. > > How can I make my code "datatype aware"? > > I know this is a bit long winded - sorry about that. > > Thanks for any help, > Brian > > > -- http://chris.chiasson.name/