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I like to use pgfplotstable to typeset my csv tables. However, I have to submit a paper using the basic standard table environment.
Is there a way to export a table generated by pgfplotstable to a .tex that doesn't require the pgfplotstable package?
If not, I'll probably export my table as a .pdf using the standalone class but I'd prefer a cleaner approach.
pgfplotstable generates a tabular environment, that is then processed by LaTeX. By specifying an outfile this is exported to a file, which can then be imported into the original document (using \input{filename}) or directly copied into the original table environment.
See this example or search for outfile in the pgfplotstable manual.
pgfplotstable is very standard so I probably won't need this but this is exactly what I was asking for, so thanks.
pgfplotstabletypesetting can produce a basic standard table, the main difference is that it uses an external file. If the problem is the external file, you can include it in your document inside afilecontentsenvironment which creates the external file from your main tex file. An example: tex.stackexchange.com/a/48275/1952pgfplotstableinstalled, they are using a very old distribution. In CTAN you can find some othercsvprocessing tools which, may be, the publisher accepts.tableenvironment. You've convinced me that I should just try submitting without overthinking this. :)guidelineimplies thatpgfplotstableis not a valid solution before submitting.