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Name of contribution: datatool Author's name: Nicola Talbot Package version: 2.10 Location on CTAN: macros/latex/contrib/datatool/ Summary description: Tools to load and manipulate data License type: lppl

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v2.10 (2012/07/18):

• datatool.sty:

  • Split package into datatool-base.sty, datatool-fp.sty and datatool-pgfmath.sty

  • Added package option math (math=fp -> use fp.sty, math=pgfmath -> use pgfmath.sty)

  • datatool.sty now requires etoolbox (changed commands like @ifundefined to etoolbox equivalents)

  • Added 'omitlines' option when loading csv file (from patch supplied by Bruno Le Floch at: http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/22942/skipping-the-first-line-of-a-da... )

  • DTLloaddb : adds default column header if missing

  • Added optional argument to DTLdisplaydb

  • Added omit key to DTLdisplaylongdb

  • added environment dtlenvgforint

  • added environments DTLenvforeach and DTLenvforeach*

  • added check for at least version 1.2 (2009/10/20) of substr.sty

  • added DTLassign

  • added DTLnumitemsinlist

  • added dtlrecombine, dtlrecombineomitcurrent, dtlreplaceentryincurrentrow, dtlswapentriesincurrentrow, dtlremoveentryincurrentrow, dtlappendentrytocurrentrow

  • Rewritten @dtl@ifDigitOrDecimalSep (code provided by Bruno Le Floch)

  • ensured first argument of DTLconverttodecimal gets one-level expansion in commands like DTLaddall

  • Fixed DTLloaddb to work if % used at the start of a row in CSV file.

  • Fixed @dtl@qlopoff to substitute escaped CSV delimiters

  • Fixed bug in DTLloadrawdb, which only performed a single substitution per line

  • Added long before edef in DTLsubstituteall

  • Fixed bug in @dtl@getkeyforcolumn (affects DTLgetkeyforcolumn)

  • Changed tab character to ^^I

  • Fixed bug in DTLloaddb and DTLloadrawdb when CSV file only contains one column

• databib.bst:

  • Added eprints field

• datatool-user.tex (User guide):

  • fixed typo value{DTLbibrow}<11 => value{DTLbibrow}<10

  • added section Operating on Current Row

  • added remark on using etoolbox to check for empty values

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thanks for the upload; i have installed the new version and updated the catalogue repository.

Robin Fairbairns

For the CTAN team