# A new tidy data tables package
**URL:** https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/a-new-tidy-data-tables-package/2990
**Category:** Show and Tell
**Created:** [January 22, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/a-new-tidy-data-tables-package/2990 "2019-01-22T05:28:38Z")
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### Author:  [@jwoLondon](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/jwoLondon)
#### Post date: [January 22, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/a-new-tidy-data-tables-package/2990/1 "2019-01-22T05:28:38Z")
A couple of months ago [I asked whether Elm had a ‘tidy’ package](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/is-there-a-tidy-data-package-out-there/2599). As it appears there wasn’t, I’ve written one:
- [tidy](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/gicentre/tidy/latest/)
In summary, the package could be useful for anyone working with tables of data values for analysis and visualization. It supports the principles of ‘tidy data’ (familiar to many who use [R](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_(programming_language))) as well other useful table functions such as CSV import, relational joins, filtering, editing etc.
The work was motivated by my own need to shape data for visualization (specifically with [elm-vega](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/gicentre/elm-vega/latest/) and [elm-vegalite](https://package.elm-lang.org/packages/gicentre/elm-vegalite/latest/)) and I hope makes a small contribution to Evan’s [Scientific Computing call to action](https://youtu.be/uGlzRt-FYto?t=1087).
_(While I’ve posted this in ‘show and tell’, any feedback or requests for enhancements always gratefully received)_
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 1, 2019, 5:28am UTC](https://discourse.elm-lang.org/t/a-new-tidy-data-tables-package/2990/2 "2019-02-01T05:28:40Z")
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