diff -r 88a01948450d -r d33698326409 loading-data-from-files/questions.rst --- a/loading-data-from-files/questions.rst Wed Nov 17 23:24:57 2010 +0530 +++ /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,67 +0,0 @@ -Objective Questions -------------------- - -.. 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 ----------------- - -.. 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.]