# \#import-data

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## [Good workflow for data import/cleanup](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/good-workflow-for-data-import-cleanup/100697)

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**Author:** [@owiecc](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/owiecc)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2023, 9:06am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/good-workflow-for-data-import-cleanup/100697 "2023-06-23T09:06:55Z")

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I often have to import data from various measurement equipment or software. These come in plethora of formats and conventions. Some come with metadata. Some need to be appended with metadata (e.g. external parameters not…

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## [Export/import color matrix](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/export-import-color-matrix/79861)

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**Author:** [@ahmed](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ahmed)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 22, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/export-import-color-matrix/79861 "2022-04-22T18:32:24Z")

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I have a matrix of colors of the type RGB{float 64}. I’d like to export this matrix from julia to a file and then import it back to julia to do further analysis. I tried using DelimitedFiles this way: writedlm(“colors.t…

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## [Import numerical data from text file, sort and retain only Floats](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-numerical-data-from-text-file-sort-and-retain-only-floats/68216)

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**Author:** [@dalarev](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/dalarev)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [September 15, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/import-numerical-data-from-text-file-sort-and-retain-only-floats/68216 "2021-09-15T22:09:15Z")

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MWE: readdlm interprets data imported form a .dat text file as: julia\> A 2×4 Matrix{Any}: 1 2 "" 3 4 5 6 "" I would like to ignore the "" SubString{String} and raster by row to obtain the following final …