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list manipulation - Exporting a table to Excel in CSV format


I am trying to create a table which when exported in a .csv format and opened in MS.Excel has the following form;




i1    j1    f[i1,j1]
i1 j2 f[i1,j2]
i1 j3 f[i1,j3]
i2 j1 f[i2,j1]
i2 j2 f[i2,j2]
i2 j3 f[i2,j3]
i3 j1 f[i3,j1]
i3 j2 f[i3,j2]
i3 j3 f[i3,j3]
...


I have tried;


myTable = Table[{i, j, f[i, j]}, {i, 1, 3}, {j, 1, 3}]
Export["out.csv", myTable]

but it comes out as;



{{{1, 1, f[1, 1]}, {1, 2, f[1, 2]}, {1, 3, f[1, 3]}}, 
{{2, 1, f[2, 1]}, {2, 2, f[2, 2]}, {2, 3, f[2, 3]}},
{{3, 1, f[3, 1]}, {3, 2, f[3, 2]}, {3, 3, f[3, 3]}}}


Which in MS.Excel looks like;



{i1    j1    f[i1,j1]}    {i1    j2    f[i1,j2]}    {i1    j3    f[i1,j3]}
{i2 j1 f[i2,j1]} {i2 j2 f[i2,j2]} {i2 j3 f[i2,j3]}
{i3 j1 f[i3,j1]} {i3 j2 f[i3,j2]} {i3 j3 f[i3,j3]}

The 3 sets of nested brackets means it doesn't come out how I wanted it.


I am sure this is a really simple/dumb question but I am a bit lost here.



Answer




I am not sure if you want numbers or functions. Since you are using comma separated variables I have converted your f[i,j] to a string to avoid the comma in the function creating an extra column.


myTable = Table[{i, j, ToString[f[i, j]]}, {i, 1, 3}, {j, 1, 3}]

If you look at the output there is a level of bracketing associated with each table index. You don't want this so we can remove it with flatten


flatTable = Flatten[myTable, 1]

Now use TableForm to check the configuration


TableForm[flatTable]

The output is



Mathematica graphics


Now you can export


Export["out.csv", flatTable]    

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