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howtos:workwithdata:createsetsfromdatafile [2011/05/06 20:51]
shona.weldon
howtos:workwithdata:createsetsfromdatafile [2011/05/10 15:56]
shona.weldon
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 ====== Use create to make informants from data file ====== ====== Use create to make informants from data file ======
  
-Here's a tar file with several examples and data.   + 
-  * Download and un-zip it somewhere on your server where you have access to it with interactive tool, on any account. +
-  * {{:​howtos:​workwithdata:​create.zip|}} +
-  * The best way to learn about the features is to work through the test.t script file in the above tar file looking at the results as you go. +
 ===== Important parameters ===== ===== Important parameters =====
 ==== General ==== ==== General ====
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 ==== Read from a column ==== ==== Read from a column ====
 The following code reads the second column as  The following code reads the second column as 
 +
 +<​code>​
 +string $importPath,​ $fileName
 +buildstring ($importPath,​ $home, "/​testScripts"​)
 +
 +buildstring ($fileName, $importPath,​ "/​emtestfile.csv"​)
 +localinformant ECemRowTitles[] = create (; object=set, delimiter=",",​ \
 + allowDuplicate=on,​ \
 + elemNamesFromColNum=2,​ firstLine=9,​ \
 + searchElemName1=",",​ replaceElemName1="​-",​ \
 + searchElemName2="&",​ replaceElemName2="​and",​ \
 + replaceWhiteSpaceInElemName="​_"​ , \
 + file=$fileName)
 +display (ECemRowTitles[])
 +export (ECemRowTitles[];​ file=$importPath/​ECemRowTitles.txt)
 +</​code>​
 +
 +==== Read from a line/row ====
 +The following code reads the second column as 
 +
 +<​code>​
 +string $importPath,​ $fileName
 +buildstring ($importPath,​ $home, "/​testScripts"​)
 +
 +buildstring ($fileName, $importPath,​ "/​emtestfile.csv"​)
 +localinformant GHGInvEmType[] = create (; object=set, delimiter=",",​ \
 + allowDuplicate=on,​ \
 + elemNamesFromLineNum=6,​ firstCol=4, \
 + searchElemName1=",",​ replaceElemName1="​-",​ \
 + replaceWhiteSpaceInElemName="​_"​ , \
 + file=$fileName)
 +
 +display (GHGInvEmType[])
 +export (GHGInvEmType[];​ file=$importPath/​GHGInvEmType.txt)
 +</​code>​
 +
  
howtos/workwithdata/createsetsfromdatafile.txt · Last modified: 2015/06/22 15:46 by marcus.williams