Re: large input data

[Robert A. Macy]

originally just made some sample files and looked at
them...
>> save -ascii "outgoingdataset.txt" variable1;
...then looked at it.

but basically each of the five lines start with a pound
sign and contain information like:
1 notes
2 variable name
3 type
4 rows
5 columns

sample looks like this...
# this is the data from run 21 only variable1 is used
# name: variable1
# type: matrix
# rows: 21
# columns: 1
 23
 33.3
 75
 .
 .
 .
 34
...but make certain you have at least more data than the
number of rows you put in, or get an error.
They look like this when I scooped from spread sheet.

or, you could have...
# this is the data from run 21 only variable1 is used
# name: variable1
# type: matrix
# rows: 1
# columns: 21
 23 33.3 75 ... 34
..but you may need tabs between them, can't remember

            - Robert -

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:14:07 +0000 (GMT)
 Hayden Rampadarath <address@hidden> wrote:
> hi,
>   can u tell me how to do the fake headers??
>    
>   Hayden
> 
> "Robert A. Macy" <address@hidden> wrote:
>   Similar requirement. Sometimes the data is scooped up
> from
> an Excel spread sheet, or sometimes just a lot of terms. 
> 
> I use a text editor (sometimes notepad) to make an ascii
> data file, dataset.txt. Include "fake" headers at the top
> of the file [those five lines at the top, describing what
> the data is] to make it look like a standard ascii style
> octave file. 
> 
> then use...
> >> load -force "dataset.txt";
> ...to load it in, and overwrite the specific variable. 
> 
> - Robert -
> 
> On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 18:47:56 +0000 (GMT)
> Hayden Rampadarath wrote:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > i am using GNU Octave version 2.1.71, in Cygwin for my
> > research project, and have a lot of input data. i would
> > like to know an easier method than typing them in. Can
> i
> > do some thing for it to read it from say notepad, or
> > something??
> > 
> > Also, how do i make and save plots using this version??
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks 
> > Hayden
> 
> 
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