New CTAN package: datatool

[CTAN Announcements]

my ctan-upload daemon wrote (or whatever it is that daemons do):

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> The following information was provided by the package's contributor.
> 
> Name of contribution: datatool
> Author's name: Nicola Talbot
> Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool
> Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data
> License type: lppl
> 
> Announcement text given by the package's contributor:
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> datatool.sty:
> 
>  Databases can be created using LaTeX commands or loaded
>  from external ASCII files, such as comma or tab separated
>  variable files.
> 
>  Databases can be sorted numerically or alphabetically
>  (descending or ascending.)
> 
>  Repetitive operations can be performed on each row of
>  data in a database (such as mail merging.) Conditions
>  can be imposed to exclude rows.
> 
>  Commands are provided to determine if an argument is
>  an integer, a real number, currency or a string.
>  (Scientific notation is currently not supported.)
> 
>  Locale dependent number settings are supported
>  (such as a comma as a decimal character and full stop as
>  a number group character.)
> 
>  Commands are provided to convert between locale dependent
>  numbers/currency and the standard decimal format required
>  by the fp package enabling fixed point arithmetic to be
>  performed on elements of the database.
> 
>  Strings can be tested to determine if they are all upper
>  or all lower case.
> 
>  Names can be converted to initials.
> 
> datapie.sty:
> 
>  A database defined by datatool.sty can be converted into a
>  pie chart.
> 
>  Segments can be separated from the rest of the chart to make
>  them stand out.
> 
>  Colour/grey scale options.
> 
>  Predefined segment colours can be changed.
> 
>  Hooks provided to annotate chart.
> 
> dataplot.sty:
> 
>  A database defined by datatool.sty may be plotted as a 2D
>  scatter or line plot
> 
>  Settings provided to govern the appearance of the chart.
>  (e.g. show/hide axes, legend, grid, major/minor tick marks.)
> 
>  Hooks provided to add extra information to the plot
> 
> databar.sty:
> 
>  A database defined by datatool.sty can be converted into a
>  bar chart.
> 
>  Colour/grey scale options.
> 
>  Predefined bar colours can be changed.
> 
>  Horizontal or vertical formats provided.
> 
>  Hooks provided to annotate chart.
> 
> *The datatool bundle replaces the csvtools bundle which is now obsolete.*
> 
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i have installed the package as suggested, and updated the catalogue
(both the repository and the web version).  thanks for the upload.

i have also moved the csvtools bundle to the obsolete/ tree.

> Users may view the package catalogue entry at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/datatool.html
> or they may browse the package directory at
>   http://www.tex.ac.uk/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/datatool

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team