The Import command provides a generic mechanism for importing data in various file formats. The source data can be an external file or URL or a string or ByteArray in the current session. The form which the imported data takes in Maple is determined by the format (either inferred or specified by the format option) and the output option. By default, Import returns a DataFrame object when importing from the following rectangular formats: Excel, CSV, DIF, TSV. Additionally Import returns a DataSeries object by default when importing from the SXC or TSV formats.

Import comma-separated tabular data as a DataFrame.

Import data directly from an input string while specifying the CSV format.

The ImportMatrix command can also be used to import tabular data and store the data as a Vector or Matrix. In contrast to the Import command, the ImportMatrix command assumes that the incoming data is tabularly structured information, and cannot be used to import images, or other file types.

Import a MATLAB® ASCII data file with entries format.

The Import command in the ExcelTools package is designed for working with Excel spreadsheet files providing a mechanism to import full spreadsheets or specific ranges of cells stored in Excel spreadsheets.

It is also possible to import information in other spreadsheets in the file as well as specify cell ranges: