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Re: Table datatype
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Mike Miller |
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Re: Table datatype |
Date: |
Thu, 17 Sep 2015 20:04:59 -0400 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 18:07:15 -0500, Rafael Gonzalez wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was looking for a solution to process data in Octave/ML as done in
> spreadsheets, i.e. mixed datatypes, header rows, pivot tables, filtering,
> etc. I tried using cell arrays but they're very uncomfortable to use
> specially when trying to do columnwise operations.
>
> After some googling I discovered that ML introduced a table datatype in
> R2013b. I found its use great and very useful, however Octave still doesn't
> have this datatype and related functions.
>
> I'd like to know if there are plans to implement it. Also, I think I can
> contribute to it, however I have no idea how to implement a new built-in
> datatype, but I can help in the related functions to be as ML-like as
> possible.
See https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?44571
--
mike