SemanticImportString

SemanticImportString["string"] attempts to import a string semantically to give a Dataset object.

• SemanticImportString["string", type] attempts to interpret all elements in the string as being of the specified type.
• SemanticImportString["string", {type1, type2, ...}] attempts to interpret elements in successive columns as being of the specified types.
• SemanticImportString["string", <|col1 -> type1, col2 -> type2, ...|>] attempts to interpret elements in the named columns as being of the specified types.
• SemanticImportString["string", typespec, form] puts the result in the specified form.

Examples

Import CSV data from a string:

SemanticImportString["name,age\nAlice,30\nBob,25"]

Specify column types:

SemanticImportString["Alice,30\nBob,25", {"String", "Number"}]

Get as a list:

SemanticImportString["1,2,3\n4,5,6", Automatic, "Data"]

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