mattfoster / dat_to_table

dat_to_table.rb is a simple script for converting tabulated data into LaTeX tables.

Use it to turn:

$ cat `test.dat`
#Percentile ANC Nat. Neigh  Nearest Neigh.  Linear  Cubic   BSI Kriging
50.0000 0.0309  0.0274  0.0345  0.0276  0.0275  0.0268  0.0264
90.0000 0.0872  0.0772  0.1038  0.0790  0.0785  0.0762  0.0748
95.0000 0.1088  0.0961  0.1305  0.0990  0.0974  0.0951  0.0929
99.0000 0.1546  0.1383  0.1861  0.1462  0.1413  0.1369  0.1319

Into:

$ ruby dat_to_table.rb test.dat 'Absolute error percentiles. 96\% sparsity' 'table:prcs'
No extensions available.
\begin{table}[!t]
\caption{Absolute error percentiles. 96\% sparsity}
\label{table:prcs}
\centering
\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|c|}
\hline
Percentile & ANC & Nat. Neigh & Nearest Neigh. & Linear & Cubic & BSI & Kriging
\\
\hline
50 & 0.0309 & 0.0274 & 0.0345 & 0.0276 & 0.0275 & 0.0268 & 0.0264 \\
\hline
90 & 0.0872 & 0.0772 & 0.1038 & 0.0790 & 0.0785 & 0.0762 & 0.0748 \\
\hline
95 & 0.1088 & 0.0961 & 0.1305 & 0.0990 & 0.0974 & 0.0951 & 0.0929 \\
\hline
99 & 0.1546 & 0.1383 & 0.1861 & 0.1462 & 0.1413 & 0.1369 & 0.1319 \\
\hline
\end{tabular}
\end{table}

The above data in included, to allow you to test the script.

This was written for a specific purpose (my PhD thesis), so prints the first column in a short form. You can easily modify it by changing short_first = true to short_first = false.

dat_to_table.rb was written by Matt Foster and is BSD licensed. Do as you will with it!