I'm attempting to use \pgfplotstabletypeset but with no luck. I have a CSV file like the following:
Name, Age, stDev Adam, 15, 3 When I output in this into my PDF, I would like the last two columns be combined such that I end up with 15 +/- 3. I would also like to name that column Age.
I don't know how to do it using pgfplotstable, but here's how to do it with datatool:
Edit: Updated to round to 2 d.p.
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{datatool} \begin{filecontents*}{test.csv} Name, Age, stDev Adam, 15.00201, 3.00601 \end{filecontents*} \DTLloaddb{mydata}{test.csv} % Round to 2 dp and display. % (More efficient to use \dtlround rather than \DTLround as the % data doesn't involve currencies so no conversion is needed) \newcommand{\round}[1]{\dtlround{#1}{#1}{2}#1} \begin{document} \begin{tabular}{ll} \bfseries Name & \bfseries Age% \DTLforeach{mydata}{\Name=Name,\Age=Age,\stDev=stDev}% {% \\\Name & $\round\Age\pm\round\stDev$ }% \end{tabular} \end{document} Result:
You need to create a column specification for that.
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{pgfplotstable} \pgfplotstableread[col sep=comma]{ Name, Age, stDev Adam, 15, 3 Eve, 12, 1 }\mytable \begin{document} \pgfplotstabletypeset[ create on use/unc age/.style={ create col/assign/.code={% \edef\entry{\thisrow{Age}$\pm$\thisrow{stDev}} \pgfkeyslet{/pgfplots/table/create col/next content}{\entry} } }, columns={Name,unc age}, columns/unc age/.style={column name=Age}, string type ]\mytable \end{document} 
