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On 07/23/2014 03:20 PM, Nicholas Cannon wrote:
> Hey i am interested in using data in my programs. I know every
> program uses data but i want to do like large data processing and
> pick results out of a data like querying database. I dont really know
> what this is called though. Is it data analytics? im not sure but I
> would like to do this stuff. What would i need to learn because i
> know the basic file opening and stuff and also know how to open csv
> files aswell as grab data from the web. I dont know much else about
> handling data other than regular expressions which is handy when
> grabbing data from the web. I f any one could like guide me on what
> to learn that would be so good.
>

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