Slides for lstsq LO.
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?
#. Read a column with text?
#. Given a file with 3 columns of data but two different delimiters,
what do you think will happen?