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Converting between Expressions & Strings
Importing and Exporting
String Manipulation
String Patterns
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StringFormat
StringFormat
attempts to determine what
ImportString
format could be used to import the string
.
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StringFormat
returns a format name of the type used by
Import
or
ImportString
.
StringFormat
uses heuristic methods, and may not give correct results, particularly for shorter strings.
StringFormat
does not verify that
ImportString
would succeed if applied to
.
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Format interpretation of some strings of data:
Format interpretation of some strings of data:
In[1]:=
Out[1]=
In[2]:=
Out[2]=
In[3]:=
Out[3]=
In[4]:=
Out[4]=
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FileFormat
ImportString
BinaryReadList
SyntaxQ
Hash
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Converting between Expressions & Strings
Importing and Exporting
String Manipulation
String Patterns
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