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From: | Rik |
Subject: | Re: dataframe implementation |
Date: | Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:14:10 -0700 |
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 10:41:18
-0400 > From: Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso <address@hidden> > To: Octave Maintainers List <address@hidden> > Subject: dataset objects? > Message-ID: > <address@hidden> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I just had someone ask me about dataset objects in Matlab. I didn't > know about them at all. They seem to be very similar to R's dataframes > and to our own implementation of dataframes. > > At a glance, they don't seem that difficult to implement, but they do > seem to be a newish Matlab type (at least from 2009). Should we wait > for classdef to implement them, or shall we do them with old-style > classes, or should we bake them in as a new octave_value? > 8/16/13 Jordi, You might take a look at http://abandonmatlab.wordpress.com/2012/08/07/matlab-cant-read-plain-text-data-out-of-a-wet-paper-bag/ for a good take on the limited way in which Matlab handles data structures. I think we could do a lot to make data analysis easier with work in this area. In particular, I think both R and Python have good ideas in this regard. --Rik |
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