How to use table loader in ztree?

Question

I am programming a so-called "Alien Game" based on Billinger, Stieglitz and Schumacher in ztree. However, I am struggling to my NK matrix into ztree.

Does anyone have experience with the "table loader" function in ztree and can help me understand how I need to transform my excel/txt sheet and/or what the command is?

Thanks in advance already!

Answer 1

The table loader essentially loads a text file. Things to remember:

• First column corresponds to the table name you'd like to import to
• First row corresponds to the variable name
• Values are tab separated
• String variables should be enclosed by doublequotes

To give an example if you want to load some entries with number and name to a table called mytable it should look like (tab instead of spaces):

mytable    number    codename
mytable    345       "Anna"
mytable    943       "Bob"

I am not sure about Microsoft Excel. You probably can save your sheet as a Text(tab delimited) after you add your first column for the table name and first row as the variable name. I use OpenOffice calc and to me the easiest way is to copy paste from calc to a text file.

It is automatically tab separated then.

The easiest way to understand what kind of format you need is to create the table of your desire in z-Tree then use table dumper. Then you can compare the format you have and the format you need.