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Reading data in from text files

Read data into COST from cost.dat 
initializations from 'cost.dat'
  COST
end-initializations
Data file cost.dat (dense data format) 
COST : [3.9 0 4.8
        0 7.5 5.5]
Data file cost2.dat (sparse data format) 
COST: [("Oil1" 1) 3.9  ("Oil1" 3) 4.8
       ("Oil2" 2) 7.5  ("Oil2" 3) 5.5]
Mosel data format:
  • file may include single line comments, marked with '!'
  • format: label, colon, data value(s)
  • for an array, use a single list enclosed in [ ]
  • list may be comma or space separated
  • dense format: the values fill the data table starting at the first position and varying the last index most rapidly
  • sparse format: each data item is preceded by the corresponding index tuple (in brackets)
Specifying the absolute path 
initializations from 'c:/data/cost.dat'
  COST
end-initializations
Path relative to current working directory 
initializations from '../cost.dat'
  COST
end-initializations
Read several data tables from a single file 
initializations from 'cost.dat'
  SCOST
  PCOST
end-initializations
Different data label and model object names 
initializations from 'cost.dat'
  COST as 'COST_DETAILS'
end-initializations
Read several data arrays with identical index sets from a single table
  
initializations from 'chess.dat'
  [DUR,WOOD,PROFIT] as 'ChessData'
end-initializations
Parent Topic Data handling basics

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