Questions about getting data, files, images etc. from various formats into a form that can be read, tranformed and manipulated by Mathematica
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Convert *.txt file
I would like to Import and Convert a *.txt file which looks like:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bw-308nJcF01Yl92RURCLUg4VzQ/edit?usp=sharing
and turn it into a Matrix which I can use to make ...
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How to make the plot from geotiff format
I have a "GeoTIFF" format map, and I have imported it into Mathematica, then I used the Graphics to plot a point on the map. ...
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Using NetLink to Import Excel File
I can import an Excel file into Mathematica easily:
But when I try from .Net it fails:
These are the commands and errors I am getting:
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How to import sound file from computer? [duplicate]
I know you can import sounds/images from the Mathematica library, but I was wondering if I could import sounds I have on my computer (i.e. .wav files)? I've tried using the Import functon and properly ...
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Determining if a point is inside or outside a 3DS (.3ds) or 3DS MAX (.max) object?
Imagine I import some 3DS (i.e. 3D studio) file (http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/format/3DS.html) or a 3DS MAX file. How could I place this model (say, the 747.3ds file in the ...
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diff-able text-only notebooks?
I would like to save my Mathematica notebooks as plain-text documents, so that I can keep them under git version control.
I thought that ...
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Exporting large expression [duplicate]
I generated a huge mathematical expression (~200k terms, impossible to simplify yet) and want to save it for later analysis. Last time I did Export to *.nb file and ...
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Why doesn't DumpSave work for elements created within a local notebook context?
I recently noticed that when dealing with notebooks with local context, I cannot successfully DumpSave variables, or, rather, when I call ...
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Creating ordered triplets from an Excel sheet
I have an Excel sheet of the form:
" " a b c
1 R S T
2 U V W
3 X Y Z
Where every entry is a number (except the blank quotes, ...
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problem with Importing multiple files
I need to import about 100000 "dat" files to my progrom. I want to do this using the last answer to this question:
Importing multiple files using a for-loop
I know that I should define a list of all ...
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Unencoding encoded URLs in a function
Is there a built-in function for decoding encoded URLs in Mathematica?
I would like to convert an encoded URL, for example
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The “Source” format of Import[], where's that from? [closed]
In my attempt to import an article from The NY Times, I found it's not working. So I did some searching, and in this thread the OP was in some similar situation.
It seems that the NYT's website is ...
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Exporting German Umlauts to PDF and importing them doesn't work - character encoding problem
I am using Mathematica 9.0.0.0 under German Windows 32bit. I am on trying to export and import German text to PDF and re-import it. It seems that there is a confusion about the character encoding. It ...
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Get both output and return code of external program
Run["program"] will run an external program and return the return code.
Import["!program", "String"] will run the program and ...
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Importing multiple files using a for-loop
once again I am stuck solving a seemingly easy problem :(
I would like to make a List of tables by importing data from several txt-Files.
Importing the data into a table works so far and I am able to ...
