
Developed by Eric Ayars - Published August 1, 2016
DOI: 10.1119/PICUP.Exercise.fileConversion
Subject Area | Experimental / Labs |
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Levels | First Year and Beyond the First Year |
Available Implementation | Python |
Learning Objectives |
Students who complete this exercise will
* be able to write pseudocode to plan an approach to reading (and converting) data files. (**Exercise 1**)
* be able to extract data from a file header that they can then use to interpret the rest of the file. (**Exercises 1, 2, 4**)
* be able to extract and re-configure data from the bulk of the file. (**Exercises 1, 2**)
* be able to save the converted data in a useful format for further use. (**Exercises 2, 3**)
* be able to produce graphs of data from a file. (**Exercise 4**)
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Time to Complete | 60 min |
These exercises are not tied to a specific programming language. Example implementations are provided under the Code tab, but the Exercises can be implemented in whatever platform you wish to use (e.g., Excel, Python, MATLAB, etc.).
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Eric Ayars, "Lab Skills: Converting file formats," Published in the PICUP Collection, August 2016, https://doi.org/10.1119/PICUP.Exercise.fileConversion.
DOI: 10.1119/PICUP.Exercise.fileConversion
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