That won't work, though, for data which results from readcsv. I was just using numeric data because that made the example easy to construct.
Thanks, -- Raul On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 3:46 PM, 'Pascal Jasmin' via Programming <[email protected]> wrote: > an alternative that takes the same space but keeps the data numeric > > (;:'a b c d'),: ,. each <"1&.|: p:p:p:i.4 4 > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Raul Miller <[email protected]> > To: Programming forum <[email protected]> > Cc: > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:33 PM > Subject: [Jprogramming] minor note: csv data > > I've been using ~.": a lot lately, when working with csv data (with a > header row). > > Here's what that looks like: > > ~.": (;:'a b c d'),]&.>p:p:p:i.4 4 > ┌────┬────┬────┬────┐ > │a │b │c │d │ > ├────┼────┼────┼────┤ > │13 │19 │43 │71 │ > │163 │193 │293 │359 │ > │463 │619 │743 │971 │ > │1091│1181│1423│1601│ > └────┴────┴────┴────┘ > > of course, that will be mangled if you're using a proportionally > spaced font or have other font issues. But in a good fixed width font, > you get a more compact display than boxed. > > This wouldn't work right if rows of data were duplicated, but that > would be garbage data in the contexts I've been working with. So for > me that's a non-issue. > > Anyways, this might work for someone else, also... > > FYI, > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
