I was thinking about this just a few minutes ago.

Is there a package which converts a text-format document into a hashtable? For example:

Name     UPP    Age Career     Terms
-------- ------ --- ---------- -----
Rejnaldi 765987 38  Citizen    6
Lisandra 6779AA 34  Noble      4
Kuran    899786 42  Marine     8

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...Is slurped into

[
{
   Name     =>    'Rejnaldi',
   UPP      =>    '765987,
   Age      =>    38,
   Career   =>    'Citizen',
   Terms    =>    6,
},
{
   Name     =>    'Lisandra',
   UPP      =>    '6779AA',
   Age      =>    34,
   Career   =>    'Noble',
   Terms    =>    4,
},
{
   Name     =>    'Kuran',
   UPP      =>    '899786',
   Age      =>    42,
   Career   =>    'Marine',
   Terms    =>    8,
},
]

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In reply to Is there a "Here Table"? by rje

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