Re: comments in import files
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- Subject: [mg74644] Re: comments in import files
- From: dh <dh at metrohm.ch>
- Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2007 02:35:42 -0500 (EST)
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Hi, e.g. you could read the whole file as one string, delete empty lines,convert the string to a stream and read the stream like: Import[StringToStream[yourString],"Table"]. However, I think an easier solution is to add the comment as an additional column and delete it after importing by: t=Import[..]; t[[All,Range[number_of_columns]]] this even works if not all lines have a comment. Daniel beheiger wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to know if Mathematica can handle comments in import files. > In particular, I would like to add lines of comments to an > <emptyspace>-separated > ASCII table (say, "results.dat") that I produced with other programs. > However, > I can't seem to find anything on how to write these comments in such a way > that > Mathematica's function, used as > > Import["results.dat","Table"]; > > does not complain. Help is appreciated. > > Regards, Andy > > >