File Exchange Pick of the Week

September 5th, 2008

Olympic medals

Bob's pick this week is Summer Olympic Medals 1896-present by Bill McKeeman.

The data source is Wikipedia, which Bill references. I find his plots much more interesting than staring at tabular data. His approach to coding this example underscores how many ways there can be to solve a problem. I know my own approaches have varied widely over the years, usually dictated by time spent and knowledge level at the time.

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By Robert Bemis

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2 Responses to “Olympic medals”

  1. farasha replied on September 8th, 2008 at 05:50 UTC :

    very nice

  2. rosezar replied on September 8th, 2008 at 08:10 UTC :

    very useful thanks..

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