I have a couple of suggestions. First, I'd consider a database or
a statistics package for such an undertaking. They may be better
suited for the task at hand.
If you really want to use Oberon/F, you may want to check out my
I/O modules for one- and two-dimensional arrays. They are much
simpler versions than the scanners and formatters that come with
the system. They are in the style of the familiar Pascal read
and write statements and should be easy to use. They are
available at
ftp://ftp.pepperdine.edu/pub/compsci/oberon/
To use them, you would store your data sets as text in standard
Oberon/F document format. To process data you would open the
document and input from the focus window using the I/O procedures.
Stan Warford
Pepperdine University
warford@pepperdine.edu