Read/write variable-length table columns #36
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On reading, variable-length columns are automatically read into
Vector{Vector{T}}
orVector{ASCIIString}
(for string columns).On writing a new table, the
varcols
keyword can be used to specify which columns should be written as variable length. This is necessary becauseVector{ASCIIString}
can go either way. Other types must be vectors of vectors in order to be written as variable-length.