r/Python • u/Alexanderdaawesome • Aug 05 '19

Python's response to MATLAB

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u/Antouziast Aug 06 '19

Hi! Yes it can read csv and other ASCII files actually. There's a menu called "Import data" that helps you do it and generate a script to automate it.

Thanks for the advice, based on yours and other answers I'll give Spyder another go!

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u/I_Feel_It_Too Aug 06 '19

Must be new. Haven't used it in ~5 years.

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u/TheBlackCat13 Aug 06 '19

Just within the last couple releases they got basic csv handling but it is still extremely limited when working with complex data.

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u/Antouziast Aug 06 '19

I don't have to deal with that all the time but I tend to agree. They made some efforts to work with datetime type of data but it just doesn't stick in my brain and have to dig through the docs every time I have to use those.

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u/I_Feel_It_Too Aug 07 '19

Hi! Yes it can read csv and other ASCII files actually. There's a menu called "Import data" that helps you do it and generate a script to automate it.

Well... yeah, but my previous experience with that feature was pretty much the same as this guy's. (I'm not the author, but it's one of the funniest blogs I've ever read and was only recently brought back from the dead.) But maybe things have improved since I last tried.