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howtos:workwithdata:createreaddatafiles [2010/08/03 19:36] shona.weldon |
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Here's a tar file with several examples and data. | Here's a tar file with several examples and data. | ||
- | * Download and un-tar it somewhere on your server where you have access to it with interactive tool, on any account. | + | * Download and un-zip it somewhere on your server where you have access to it with interactive tool, on any account. |
- | * {{:howtos:workwithdata:createtest.tar.gz|createtest.tar.gz}} | + | * {{: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. | * 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. | ||
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**firstTabCol** - only here for backward compatibility, it is used in odometer format only and it means the first column where there is actually data and is a 0 based index (ie the first column is actually counted as 0). If the **rowTitles=on** is used it is the same as setting firstTabCol to 1 | **firstTabCol** - only here for backward compatibility, it is used in odometer format only and it means the first column where there is actually data and is a 0 based index (ie the first column is actually counted as 0). If the **rowTitles=on** is used it is the same as setting firstTabCol to 1 | ||
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+ | ===== Indexing ===== | ||
+ | When you have a non-numeric column and have an informant for these values you can take in the data as the indexed numeric value. Then later when writing it out you can index it back to this informant and write out the text. | ||
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