I wonder if the idea was that you are better off using a hash-map and key lookups so the positions are labeled. Some csv libs return a seq of maps where the keys are the column header values. That way you'd be able to select data by name instead of a sometimes arbitrary position.
Just a guess. Alex On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 10:05 AM, David Nolen <dnolen.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > There's nothing wrong with using nth far as I know. > > > On Fri, May 18, 2012 at 11:03 AM, octopusgrabbus <octopusgrab...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> In our production development environment, we perform a lot of data >> transfers between diverse systems, and most of those transfers involve >> comma-delimited (.csv) data. So my first small Clojure applications have >> revolved around the clojure-csv library. >> >> While learning Clojure I have seen the comment that using nth "stinks", >> because it creates dependencies. Wanting to do things in a Clojure way, I >> have a question. >> >> If I need to extract a number of columns of a spreadsheet to minimize the >> dataset and this happens as the application is reading in and initializing >> its data, what should I use to extract those columns other than nth? And, if >> I use a series first and rest, isn't that also positional? >> >> I've thought of ways to re-position the data initially, so comparison >> columns between two different spreadsheets that have one unique key column >> in common would be accessible with first, for example. However, I would >> still need to get at that data by column in order to reposition it, hence >> the need for nth. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Clojure" group. >> To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com >> Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with >> your first post. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
