Re: Using ReadList to read a string
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg83835] Re: Using ReadList to read a string
- From: "Rolf.Mertig at gmail.com" <Rolf.Mertig at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 04:04:48 -0500 (EST)
- References: <fioqg6$blb$1@smc.vnet.net>
Hello,
Supposing your file is tab-delimited,the following kind of works:
ReadList["EWZ2.TXT",
{Number, Word, Word, Number, Number, Number, Number,
Number}, WordSeparators -> "\t"]
Unfortunately the keyword "Word" means that you might have
to apply ToExpression to the second and third column, in case
you want to have "EWZ" and not EWZ, etc.
I thought that maybe "Expression" would do the trick, but it does not.
Maybe it is time that the good WRI-programmers improve the very
important
function ReadList.
Import is not good (fast) enough.
Rolf
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Rolf Mertig
GluonVision GmbH, Berlin , Germany
http://www.gluonvision.com