Create 2 families from a txt file

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Hello all,

I want to create two different types of families. I have a .txt file with all the coordinates and parameters for both families. Is there any way to connect each family with the corresponding row of the txt file? or I need to have two separate txt files?

Thank you in advance !

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Depends on how you structure the text file…
As CSV? XML? INI? Or rolled your own?
CSV is probably the simplest one line of values like a table for each element.
(Or put it in Excel.)

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I created my own .txt file and separated the values with ‘comma’.
Is it possible to create the Family A using the values from the rows for example 1-15 and a different family B from the rows 16-20 ?

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In theory yes. Do you have some sort of unique delineation to split the incoming information at the start or end of a family?

Can you share your text file?

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I can share an example. I have this .txt file with the values (X,Y,Z). I want a family A to be created from the rows 1&3 and a family B from the rows 2&4.

Example -X-Y-Z.txt (97 Bytes)

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How do you know what the lines are for or from? Is it just even and odd?

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For your first example.

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If you change you txt file slightly to include what family each line belongs to then you can have a single graph that will read the lines regardless of the where they are.

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