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Data File Formats:
There are two ways to import a data file to MathTrax. You can use a program like Excel to create a data table, with or without headings, and the save the file as a tab or comma-separated file. You can also create a tab-separated file in a text editor. In general, the time-series data must conform to the following conventions:
Example 1: Column separated time-series data from a rocket simulation.
TIME(SEC) |
ACCEL(M/S2) |
VEL(M/S) |
ALT(M) |
RNG(M) |
FLTEL(DEG) |
DRAG(N) |
0.050 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
0.000 |
85.000 |
0.000 |
0.100 |
8.502 |
0.141 |
0.002 |
0.000 |
85.000 |
0.000 |
0.150 |
23.165 |
0.933 |
0.025 |
0.002 |
85.000 |
0.000 |
Example 2: Tab separated spatial data of x and y values for graph of y=3*x
x |
y |
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-4 |
-12 |
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-3 |
-9 |
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-2 |
-6 |
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-1 |
-3 |
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0 |
0 |
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1 |
3 |
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2 |
6 |
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3 |
9 |
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4 |
12 |
Example 3: Comma-separated table of the same data represented in Example 2. The Excel CSV format uses commas to separate values and it also uses quote characters to enclose text or numbers so you may include any commas or white space a value may contain. For example, a number value could contain commas if it was of the form "1,234,567".
x,y |
-4,-12 |
-3,-9 |
-2,-6 |
-1,-3 |
0,0 |
1,3 |
2,6 |
3,9 |
4,12 |
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