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  • Reading record based data.
    • The methods in the ListFile interface provide the easiest way.
    • Many file types implement ListFile, including: CsvFile, DataFile, DbfFile (read only), TextFile (read only).
    • Read the row definitions using:
      • Table allDefs = inFile.getRecordDefs(), or
      • Table aDef = inFile.getRecordDef(<index>) and int numDefs = inFile.getRecordDefCount()
    • Get the number of rows using:
      • double numRows = inFile.getNumberOfRows()
    • Read in a row of data using:
      • Table data = inFile.getDataTable(<offset>) (<offset> is the row number [0..N-1]).
      • Returns a table with <COLNAME>=<VALUE> entries.
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