Maybe that's what I mean. If your spreadsheets are not large, and the analysis is basic, then Google Docs works OK. But the .XML format is today such a standard (for the real world) that I'm surprised that it is not includes in the import choices. Yeah, you can save Excel as CSV, but is it worth going that extra mile?
-t On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 7:03 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, as much as it may look like an application, Sage really is an IDE for > Python + All the existing open source math packages. > > So for looking at a spreadsheet, the numpy package has an importer that > does a great job of CSV's. After loading the CSV as an array, you can do a > LOT with it. > > http://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy/reference/generated/numpy.loadtxt.html > > > Is this what you mean? > > -- Owen > > > On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Any obvious advantages over Google Docs Spreadsheet? In fact, since one >> can't upload an .XML file, it seems Sage is going out of its way to make >> things hard. >> >> -tom >> >> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Owen Densmore <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I beamed into the sagemath.org site and noticed they had video >>> tutorials. >>> >>> I watched a brief (10 minute) video and followed along building a Sage >>> worksheet. Here's what part of it looks like: >>> >>> http://backspaces.net/temp/Chrome015.png >>> >>> >>> Playing about a bit more, I figured out how to "publish" the worksheet: >>> >>> http://www.sagenb.org/home/pub/3032/ >>> >>> >>> There is a shared account with login/pw friam group. I think you can >>> edit and play in the "live" version of the worksheet: >>> >>> http://www.sagenb.org/home/backspaces/4/ >>> >>> >>> Don't worry if something goes wrong, I've go the original on my laptop. >>> >>> You can also beam into friam/group and make new worksheets to play with. >>> >>> -- Owen >>> >>> >>> ============================================================ >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >>> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> ========================================== >> J. T. Johnson >> Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA >> www.analyticjournalism.com >> 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) >> http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] >> ========================================== >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- ========================================== J. T. Johnson Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA www.analyticjournalism.com 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) http://www.jtjohnson.com [email protected] ==========================================
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