Re: Proposal for a new feature: import data wizard

More or less, but I think I don't need all the features of a spreadsheet.

I just would like to have a sort of display able to show me how the data are organized, the possibility to choose the variable name to assign to each column and nothing else.

Just as an example, you can see the import data wizard of matlab (if you have it).

Thanks!

Best regards,

Antonio

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Fine, Valeri <fine_at_bnl.gov> wrote:

> I the other words you want for "SpreadSheet" –like (for example, eXcel)
> interface ?
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> Best Regards
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> Valeri Fine
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> -----Original Message-----
> *From:* owner-roottalk_at_root.cern.ch [mailto:owner-roottalk_at_root.cern.ch] *On
> Behalf Of *Antonio Bulgheroni
> *Sent:* Monday, May 12, 2008 4:35 AM
> *To:* ROOT Talk
> *Subject:* [ROOT] Proposal for a new feature: import data wizard
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> Dear all,
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> I would like to draw your attention to a new feature I'd like to have.
> In the everyday life, we often have experimental results in the form of an
> ASCII file with data in columns. To put these data into a ROOT tree is
> enough to write myTree->ReadFile(...) but this requires to remember by heart
> the data structure of the file. I think that having a graphical import data
> wizard, showing the data structure of the ASCII file and allowing the user
> to select the name and the type for each column would help a lot.
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> What do you think?
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> Thanks for helping,
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> Antonio
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> --
> Antonio Bulgheroni, PhD
> http://unico-lab.blogspot.com
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> Computers have a lot in common with air conditioners:
> Once you open WINDOWS, they stop working properly.
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Antonio Bulgheroni, PhD
http://unico-lab.blogspot.com

Computers have a lot in common with air conditioners:
Once you open WINDOWS, they stop working properly.