Re: .csv file to apl numeric matrix

Don,

This is such a common requirement that APLX now includes system
functions to import data in CSV and other popular formats - take a
look at =E2=8E=95IMPORT and =E2=8E=95EXPORT in APLX version 4
(http://www.mi=
croapl.com/
apl/APLXLangRef.pdf).

Richard Nabavi
MicroAPL


On 16 Mar, 18:53, "d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>     yahoo and google financial web sites have historical stock data
> bases
> downloadable to excel and apple's new numbers spreadsheet.
> we've used fn delta fv to convert .csv comma delimited file to apl
> numeric matrix - r rows x hi, lo, close columns.          since
> stock
> prices can be 4, 5 or 6 digits including period (how about buffet's
> hathaway 9 digit?) conversion involves varying column widths.
> is
> there any other way?      thanks.    don mattern