Objective Questions

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.. A mininum of 8 questions here. 

1. ``loadtxt`` can read data only from a file with one column

   only. True or False?

   Answer: False

#. To read a file with multiple columns, into separate simple

   sequences, ``loadtxt`` is given the additional argument ______?

   Answer: ``unpack=True``

#. We have a file with two columns of data separated by one of the

   following characters. Which of them doesn't require the delimiter

   argument to be specified, when using ``loadtxt``. 

   a. ;

   #. , 

   #. :

   #. [space] 

   Answer: [space]

#. Given a file ``data.txt`` with three columns of data separated by

   spaces, read it into one complex sequence. 

   Answer: ``x = loadtxt("data.txt")``

#. Given a file ``data.txt`` with three columns of data separated by

   spaces, read it into 3 separate simple sequences. 

   Answer: ``x = loadtxt("data.txt", unpack=True)``

#. Given a file ``data.txt`` with three columns of data separated by

   ``:``, read it into one complex sequence. 

   Answer: ``x = loadtxt("data.txt", delimiter=":")``

#. Given a file ``data.txt`` with three columns of data separated by

   ":", read it into 3 separate simple sequences. 

   Answer: ``x = loadtxt("data.txt", unpack=True, delimiter=":")``

#. To use the loadtxt command, each row should have the same number of

   values, T or F ?

   Answer: True

Larger Questions

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.. A minimum of 2 questions here. 

1. What will happen if one of the cells is empty?

#. Given a file with 3 columns of data but two different delimiters,

   what do you think will happen?

#. Read a column with text? 

#. An input file contains 5 columns of data. Use only the second and fourth

   columns of data and load into two different variables.

   [hint: read the documentation, use the argument ``usecols``]

.. #[bhanu: solutions are not seen to have been included.]