CTAN has a new package: csvtools
Date: December 24, 2003 2:50:37 PM CET
A new package has been installed on tug.ctan.org and it should
make its way to your favorite local mirror in a day or two.
Thanks for the upload,
Jim Hefferon
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The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
Name of contribution: csvtools
Author's name: Nicola Talbot
Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/csvtools
Summary description: Use data in CSV file for mail merging, creating
tables etc
License type: lppl
Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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This package allows you to repeatedly perform a set of LaTeX commands on
data in each row of a comma separated variable (CSV) file. This can be
used for mail merging, converting CSV files into tables, etc. Examples
of use given in documentation.
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You can have a look at the package at
http://tug.ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/csvtools
although you may get a better network connection by visiting a mirror
of CTAN that is near to you; see
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/README.mirrors
csvtools – Reading data from CSV files
The csvtools package allows you to repeatedly perform a set of LaTeX commands on data in each row of a comma separated variable (CSV) file (though substitution of the ‘comma’ is permitted). Such files may be used as source for mail merging, generating tables etc. Examples are given in the documentation.
The distribution also provides packages:
- csvsort, that provides analagous commands to those in the main package, having first sorted the data (using the xfor and compare packages); and
- csvpie, for creating a pie-chart from a CSV file.
The bundle has now been superseded by the datatool bundle.
| Package | csvtools |
| Version | 1.24 |
| Maintainer | Nicola Talbot |