{datatool} is a tool to create and manipulate databases.
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How typeset a numeric table from a CSV file
I have a CSV file (db.txt)like this:
30.0, 0.0, 0.0
60.0, 1.9098, 5.8779
90.0, 6.9098, 9.5106
120.0, 13.09, 9.5106
150.0, 18.09, 5.8779
180.0, 20.0, 0.0
I need to typeset it. My ...
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Formatting complex table from CSV using datatool
I have this csv file, formatted like this one:
Store,Product 1,Product 2,Product 3,Product 4,Product 5,Sub Total
Store 1,15,99,299,75,292,780
Store 2,33,353,429,283,561,1659
Store ...
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pgfplotstable or datatool?
What are differences, which to use for including .csv, .tsv files ?
Datatool ? pgfplotstable ?
I've seen at question : How typeset a numeric table from a CSV file
how person asked about fixing ...
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Tab separated files with datatool package?
The documentation of the package datatool says that the \DTLsettabseparator command changes the separator in .csv-Files from the default comma to the tab character. What it really does for me is ...
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datatool with longtable
I have a CSV file that has many rows. I want to typeset these rows into a table using longtable and datatool package.
However just before before the "lastfoot" (which says concluded) I am getting ...
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Spurious blank space when adding a member to a database within \foreach
The MWE adds blank space proportional to the maximum value of the \foreach iteration:
Why is this and how do I eliminate this additional space?
Note:
This problem seems similar to an earlier ...
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Spurious blank space when loading a datatool database
I am getting spurious blank spaces inserted upon loading a dtltool db.
The MWE below produces links to all the image files named with a prefix the same as the .tex file:
But if I comment out the ...
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How can I use \DTLloaddb package to create a table based on csv file?
I am new in Latex and I have some issues.
I have succeeded in reading the .csv file:
,w5,w6,w7,w8,w9,w10,w11,w12,w13,w14,w15,w16,w17,w18,w19,w20,w21,w22,w23,w24
...
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Helping cardinals elect the new Pope
Yes, we are talking about TeX and friends!
Edit: I decided to move the background motivation to the end of the question, since it seems to be kind of off-topic in the TeX context.
The following code ...
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Is there a pure LaTeX or TeX package for chart drawing?
We are creating an easy-to-use LaTeX template for our institution. I'd like to have a pure LaTeX way to create simple bar graphs and pie charts. Does anything exist? I can certainly throw the students ...
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What is the proper way to create a horizontal table?
I want to have a horizontal table, like this:
However, when using the usual method of creating a table, it quickly becomes a pain having to pre-define the number of columns (especially since I ...
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Problems in creating graphs using dataplot
I have four simple databases:
db1
dy,volume
2009,120000
2010,160000
2011,400000
2012,650000
2013,1000000
2014,1500000
db2
dy,volume
2009,400000
2010,500000
2011,1600000
2012,2200000
2013,2500000
...
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Importing CSV table - Error [closed]
I am new to LaTeX and am compiling a document right now using TeXworks. I am trying to create CSV tables into my document right now, and although I succeed in between I must have some small bug in the ...
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No room for a new \count with datatool
This question led to a new feature in a package:
datatool
Update: 2013-1-19
The MWE worked fines with the new (v2.13) version of the datatool package using \DTLnewdbonloadfalse. But in my ...
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Storing unexpanded macro definitions (including #1, #2, …) for later use (now includes full usecase)
Preliminary Info
I'm working on a new LaTeX package to make scoping more flexible. To do this I'll be capturing and reintroducing user defined commands behind the scenes.
(For a comprehensive ...
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Equivalent of \DTLiflastrow
With the datatool package there is a \DTLiffirstrow. I am looking for a similar command to detect the last row, \DTLiflastrow, but could not find one. I attempted to create my own but was not ...
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How to use datatool package to read a CSV files so that they can be used in tables?
I am new in latex and I have some issues.
I want to read a .csv file in latex to create a table, but I don't know how.
I heard that datatool package can do this, but I don't know how to use it.
My ...
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Command \AtBeginEnvironment already defined
I am pretty new to LaTeX. With windows, Miktex/Texmaker pretty-much takes care of package installation whenever needed, but on Ubuntu I have been downloading needed packages from CTAN and installing ...
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\DTLdeletedb (from datatool package) has no effect within \foreach
This question led to a new feature in a package:
datatool
\DTLgdeletedb is available in (v2.13) and later.
I am trying to use a \foreach loop to iterate over a few items. For each iteration ...
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Datatool : can't use \DTLreplaceentryforrow in nested loop “foreach”
In the following MWE (which make no real sense, but which is minimal:) ) I have two nested DTLforeach loops. The values displayed in the line "%for debugging" show the expected behaviour for the ...
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How to use \hlines and | column separators in a csv table uploaded with datatool
Hi I've been trying to use the datatool package to get data from csv files easily into documents as formatted tables. I seem to keep getting the lines on the first column shifted down by a row.
If I ...
