oocalc does not directly import .dat files

From: kamaraju kusumanchi (raju.mailinglists_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/07/05

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    Hi all
       My problem could be that I am using wrong software to do this. So I
    will explain the problem and tell how I am currently doing it. If there
    are better alternatives (read as less keystrokes) I would like to use it.

    Let's say I print three arrays of data using a fortran 90 program (or
    any other high level language for that matter).

    0.1 0.2 0.3
    0.4 0.5 0.6
    0.7 0.8 0.9

    First row contains the first array, second row contains second array,
    third row contains third array. This way I just have to write one
    function to print the array and call it three times with different
    arguments.

    But if I want to visualize this data using gnuplot (my favorite plotting
    tool), I have to print the data as

    0.1 0.4 0.7
    0.2 0.5 0.8
    0.3 0.6 0.9

    so that I can plot first column vs second column etc., This is so
    because, gnuplot supports plotting only columns.

    So now I have to find a software which will transpose the data file. I
    thought oocalc can do it. But my data files usually have a .dat
    extension (not .csv extension). So If I do

    oocalc temp.dat

    then it will be loaded in oowriter which is not what I intend to do.

    So my questions are

    1) Is there any other plotting tool which can plot across rows?
    2) If this software is not gnuplot, any comparison with gnuplot would be
    very helpful in choosing it over gnuplot.
    3) Is there any other spread*** program which has builtin capability
    to transpose the data? and load the .dat files and save them as .dat
    files even after manipulation (ie no complicated xml format just pure
    numbers and spaces)?
    I can always write a script/program to do this (by python or Fortran 90
    etc.,) But a GUI program like spread *** would be nice. I am looking
    for an easy interface.
    4) Any other relevant suggestions are also welcome.

    thanks in advance
    raju 

    -- 
Kamaraju S Kusumanchi
Graduate Student, MAE
Cornell University
http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/kk288/
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