Can define the entries of table separate from the table?











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So, basically I want to create a table with two columns "Paper Number" and "Description" and they are text based entries as in heavily text based.



So, can I define a format such that when I write further in the document something like



{
paper_name = "Some Information Here",
description = "Some Description here"
}


the latex will automatically add this data as entry in the table. This helps in organization of latex document and makes it easy for further editing. Any help or source is appreciated? I am pretty new to Latex, so please keep it simple.



EDIT: The Description is usually an small paragraph. I cannot represent that csv.










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  • Look at csvsimple. You can create a comma (or semicolon, or pipe, or tab) separated text file and then transform it easily in a LaTeX table.
    – CarLaTeX
    56 mins ago










  • In general, parsing JSON-like formats with TeX won't be "simple", because curly braces are the grouping tokens and straight quotes might be active. What is pretty simple is e.g. CSV for LaTeX or XML for ConTeXt.
    – TeXnician
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  • csv does not work because the fields are actually small paragraphs.
    – Loukit Khemka
    26 mins ago















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So, basically I want to create a table with two columns "Paper Number" and "Description" and they are text based entries as in heavily text based.



So, can I define a format such that when I write further in the document something like



{
paper_name = "Some Information Here",
description = "Some Description here"
}


the latex will automatically add this data as entry in the table. This helps in organization of latex document and makes it easy for further editing. Any help or source is appreciated? I am pretty new to Latex, so please keep it simple.



EDIT: The Description is usually an small paragraph. I cannot represent that csv.










share|improve this question
























  • Look at csvsimple. You can create a comma (or semicolon, or pipe, or tab) separated text file and then transform it easily in a LaTeX table.
    – CarLaTeX
    56 mins ago










  • In general, parsing JSON-like formats with TeX won't be "simple", because curly braces are the grouping tokens and straight quotes might be active. What is pretty simple is e.g. CSV for LaTeX or XML for ConTeXt.
    – TeXnician
    56 mins ago










  • csv does not work because the fields are actually small paragraphs.
    – Loukit Khemka
    26 mins ago













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So, basically I want to create a table with two columns "Paper Number" and "Description" and they are text based entries as in heavily text based.



So, can I define a format such that when I write further in the document something like



{
paper_name = "Some Information Here",
description = "Some Description here"
}


the latex will automatically add this data as entry in the table. This helps in organization of latex document and makes it easy for further editing. Any help or source is appreciated? I am pretty new to Latex, so please keep it simple.



EDIT: The Description is usually an small paragraph. I cannot represent that csv.










share|improve this question















So, basically I want to create a table with two columns "Paper Number" and "Description" and they are text based entries as in heavily text based.



So, can I define a format such that when I write further in the document something like



{
paper_name = "Some Information Here",
description = "Some Description here"
}


the latex will automatically add this data as entry in the table. This helps in organization of latex document and makes it easy for further editing. Any help or source is appreciated? I am pretty new to Latex, so please keep it simple.



EDIT: The Description is usually an small paragraph. I cannot represent that csv.







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  • Look at csvsimple. You can create a comma (or semicolon, or pipe, or tab) separated text file and then transform it easily in a LaTeX table.
    – CarLaTeX
    56 mins ago










  • In general, parsing JSON-like formats with TeX won't be "simple", because curly braces are the grouping tokens and straight quotes might be active. What is pretty simple is e.g. CSV for LaTeX or XML for ConTeXt.
    – TeXnician
    56 mins ago










  • csv does not work because the fields are actually small paragraphs.
    – Loukit Khemka
    26 mins ago


















  • Look at csvsimple. You can create a comma (or semicolon, or pipe, or tab) separated text file and then transform it easily in a LaTeX table.
    – CarLaTeX
    56 mins ago










  • In general, parsing JSON-like formats with TeX won't be "simple", because curly braces are the grouping tokens and straight quotes might be active. What is pretty simple is e.g. CSV for LaTeX or XML for ConTeXt.
    – TeXnician
    56 mins ago










  • csv does not work because the fields are actually small paragraphs.
    – Loukit Khemka
    26 mins ago
















Look at csvsimple. You can create a comma (or semicolon, or pipe, or tab) separated text file and then transform it easily in a LaTeX table.
– CarLaTeX
56 mins ago




Look at csvsimple. You can create a comma (or semicolon, or pipe, or tab) separated text file and then transform it easily in a LaTeX table.
– CarLaTeX
56 mins ago












In general, parsing JSON-like formats with TeX won't be "simple", because curly braces are the grouping tokens and straight quotes might be active. What is pretty simple is e.g. CSV for LaTeX or XML for ConTeXt.
– TeXnician
56 mins ago




In general, parsing JSON-like formats with TeX won't be "simple", because curly braces are the grouping tokens and straight quotes might be active. What is pretty simple is e.g. CSV for LaTeX or XML for ConTeXt.
– TeXnician
56 mins ago












csv does not work because the fields are actually small paragraphs.
– Loukit Khemka
26 mins ago




csv does not work because the fields are actually small paragraphs.
– Loukit Khemka
26 mins ago















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