Re: Re: Re: Reading csv with ;
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- Subject: [mg99708] Re: [mg99632] Re: [mg99613] Re: Reading csv with ;
- From: DrMajorBob <btreat1 at austin.rr.com>
- Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 06:28:23 -0400 (EDT)
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> standard documentation. I imagine there could be a whole cottage > industry filling the gaps in the official documentation. Mathgroup IS that cottage industry. Bobby On Sun, 10 May 2009 04:13:08 -0500, George Woodrow III <georgevw3 at mac.com> wrote: > Quite right. IF you know what to look for, the Documentation Center > points you to the Option "Table", and on that page you will find an > example that uses FieldSeparators. > > My mini-rant has to do with finding the right thing to do when you > don't already have some idea of the answer. In this example, I would > imagine that someone would think: "I have some data to import that is > just like CSV, except the commas are semicolons. What would I do?" It > is not obvious to me that you would use the "Table" option in Import, > and further have to use the "FieldSeparators" option as a sub-option > to "Table". > > The task is something a beginner might need to do. There should be a > documented example that shows how to do it that is more accessible,and > there should be a page for field separators (as plain English words) > that would have a tutorial about importing text or ASCII data with > different formats. > > If I had the time, I might be inclined to write a documentation page > using the still unreleased DocTools and find a way to add it on to the > standard documentation. I imagine there could be a whole cottage > industry filling the gaps in the official documentation. > > george woodrow > > > On May 9, 2009, at 3:21 AM, Bill Rowe wrote: > >> On 5/7/09 at 6:34 AM, georgevw3 at mac.com (George Woodrow III) wrote: >> >>> In version 7, the option appears only on the page for Table, and >>> then only in the examples. At least that is what a search in the >>> Documentation Center gives. Also it is the only place that a Google >>> search gives for the on-line version of the Version 7 documentation. >>> Spotlight does not find anything in Mathematica -- perhaps the >>> plug-in is broken. >> >> If I type either "FieldSeparators" or FieldSeparators into the >> Documentation search field and hit retrun, I get a result with >> one entry linking to the documentation page. >> >> And if I type FieldSeparator I get the same link and a message >> asking if I meant fieldseparators. >> >> All of this is using >> >> In[4]:= $Version >> >> Out[4]= 7.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (February 19, 2009) >> >> >> > > -- DrMajorBob at bigfoot.com
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- From: Bill Rowe <readnews@sbcglobal.net>
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