TSV (Tab-Separated Values) is a simple text-based format for tabular data in which rows of data appear on subsequent lines and columns are delimited by tab characters.

The ImportMatrix and ExportMatrix commands can read and write TSV files.

The general-purpose commands Import and Export also support this format.

The default output from Import for this format is a DataFrame. To produce a Matrix, use Import(...,output=Matrix).

Content-Type: text/tsv, text/tab-separated-values

$\mathrm{Import}\left(''example/PlanetaryData.tsv''\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\right)$

$\left[\begin{array}{ccccccccc}& \mathrm{Mercury}& \mathrm{Venus}& \mathrm{Earth}& \mathrm{Mars}& \mathrm{Jupiter}& \mathrm{Saturn\ }& \mathrm{Uranus}& \mathrm{Neptune}\\ \mathrm{Mass\ (10^24\; kg)}& 0.33& 4.87& 5.97& 0.642& 1898& 568& 86.8& 102\\ \mathrm{Diameter\ (km)}& 4879& 12104& 12756& 6792& 142984& 120536& 51118& 49528\\ \mathrm{Density\ (kg/m^3)}& 5427& 5243& 5514& 3933& 1326& 687& 1271& 1638\\ \mathrm{Gravity\ (m/s^2)}& 3.7& 8.9& 9.8& 3.7& 23.1& 9.0& 8.7& 11\\ \mathrm{Escape\; Velocity\ (km/s)}& 4.3& 10.4& 11.2& 5& 59.5& 35.5& 21.3& 23.5\\ \mathrm{Rotation\; Period\ (hr)}& 1407.6& \mathrm{-5832.5}& 23.9& 24.6& 9.9& 10.7& \mathrm{-17.2}& 16.1\\ \mathrm{Length\; of\; Day\ (hr)}& 4222.6& 2802& 24& 24.7& 9.9& 10.7& 17.2& 16.1\\ \mathrm{Distance\; from\; Sun\ (106\ km)}& 57.9& 108.2& 149.6& 227.9& 778.6& 1433.5& 2872.5& 4495.1\end{array}\right]$

$\mathrm{Import}\left(''example/PlanetaryData.tsv''\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\,\mathrm{output}=\mathrm{Matrix}\right)$

$\left[\begin{array}{ccccccccc}\left(\right)& ''Mercury''& ''Venus''& ''Earth''& ''Mars''& ''Jupiter''& ''Saturn ''& ''Uranus''& ''Neptune''\\ ''Mass (10^24\; kg)''& 0.33& 4.87& 5.97& 0.642& 1898& 568& 86.8& 102\\ ''Diameter (km)''& 4879& 12104& 12756& 6792& 142984& 120536& 51118& 49528\\ ''Density (kg/m^3)''& 5427& 5243& 5514& 3933& 1326& 687& 1271& 1638\\ ''Gravity (m/s^2)''& 3.7& 8.9& 9.8& 3.7& 23.1& 9.0& 8.7& 11\\ ''Escape\; Velocity (km/s)''& 4.3& 10.4& 11.2& 5& 59.5& 35.5& 21.3& 23.5\\ ''Rotation\; Period (hr)''& 1407.6& \mathrm{-5832.5}& 23.9& 24.6& 9.9& 10.7& \mathrm{-17.2}& 16.1\\ ''Length\; of\; Day (hr)''& 4222.6& 2802& 24& 24.7& 9.9& 10.7& 17.2& 16.1\\ ''Distance\; from\; Sun (106 km)''& 57.9& 108.2& 149.6& 227.9& 778.6& 1433.5& 2872.5& 4495.1\end{array}\right]$

$\mathrm{Import}\left(''example/PlanetaryData.tsv''\,\mathrm{base}=\mathrm{datadir}\,\mathrm{output}=\mathrm{embed}\right)$

With Maple 2016, the Import command applied to TSV files now produces DataFrame objects by default.