12.4.2 Greatest hits from previous weeks

12.4.2.1 Skip header lines on import
12.4.2.2 Where can I find examples of good Mathematica programming practice?
12.4.2.3 How to make a spiroglyphic?
12.4.2.4 Standard deck of 52 playing cards in curated data?
12.4.2.5 Conversion of Sine to Cosine
12.4.2.6 Entering numbers in Scientific Notation?
12.4.2.7 How to make a Spherical Cow?
12.4.2.1 Skip header lines on import

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When importing a data file what are the comment symbols for Mathematica? 
That is, given a file like this 
 
 blabla 
bulbul 
 
1 2 6 54 7 ... 
.. 
 
 
what symbol do I have ... 
[import] [text]
 
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12.4.2.2 Where can I find examples of good Mathematica programming practice?

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I consider myself a pretty good Mathematica programmer, but I'm always looking out for ways to either improve my way of doing things in Mathematica, or to see if there's something nifty that I haven't ... 
[reference-request] [programming]
 
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answered by faysou https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=66 Score of 532
12.4.2.3 How to make a spiroglyphic?

https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=question&id=188139

Some (older) members of this group might remember playing vinyl LP records. Recently, at the Abbey Road studio there was a spiroglyphics coloring book for sale. It looks like a nice programming ... 
[image-processing] [code-request] [generative-art]
 
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answered by b3m2a1 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=38205 Score of 20
12.4.2.4 Standard deck of 52 playing cards in curated data?

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I am not sure how to find out what all is included as curated data. For example, are the individual images of each of the 52 cards in a standard deck of playing cards included? 
 
If not, is there a way ... 
[curated-data]
 
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answered by rm -rf https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5 Score of 24
12.4.2.5 Conversion of Sine to Cosine

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I'm solving equations with many Cosines and Sines. 
And I want to convert all the Sines to Cosines using trigonometric formulas such as cos(x)=sin(x+pi/2). 
How can I do this? 
[trigonometry] [conversion]
 
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answered by Sjoerd C. de Vries https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=57 Score of 2
12.4.2.6 Entering numbers in Scientific Notation?

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I need to play with a lot of powers such as  10^-3 .  1E-3  does not work for it. Is there any short form for it? 
[number-representation]
 
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answered by Joe https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=44710 Score of 4
12.4.2.7 How to make a Spherical Cow?

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Being a theoretical physicist, I always have a great respect for Spherical Cow. So I thought about making one myself. I am not sure how can I create (something considered to be the simplest!) this ... 
[geometry] [image3d]
 
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answered by andre314 https://mathematica.stackexchange.com/landing/r/digest?cta=user&id=5467 Score of 83