Download datatool: Databases and data manipulation
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The datatool bundle comes with the following documentation: datatool-user.pdf This document is the main user guide for the datatool bundle. datatool.pdf Advanced users wishing to know more about the inner workings of all the packages provided in the datatool bundle should read “Documented Code for datatool v2.10” INSTALL Installation instructions. CHANGES Change log. README Package summary. The datatool bundle is provided to help perform repetitive commands, such as mail merging, but since TEX is designed as a typesetting language, don’t expect this bundle to perform as efficiently as custom database systems or a dedicated mathematical or scripting language. This bundle consists of the following packages: datatool Main package providing database support. Automatically loads datatool-base. datatool-base Provides the main library code for numerical and string functions. Automatically loads datatool-fp or datatool-pgfmath depending on package options. databar Package for drawing bar charts. Automatically loads datatool. datapie Package for drawing pie charts. Automatically loads datatool. dataplot Package for drawing simple line graphs. Automatically loads datatool. databib Package for loading a bibliography into a database. Automatically loads datatool. person Package for referencing people by the appropriate gender pronouns. Automatically loads datatool. In addition, there are two mutually exclusive packages datatool-fp and datatool-pgfmath that provide mathematical related commands that are just wrapper functions for fp or pgfmath commands. These can be loaded individually without loading datatool. For example, the following documents produce the same results, but the first uses the fp package and the second uses the pgfmath package: i