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"Use Null DATs to create clean reference points for table data.",
"Like other Null operators, great for exports and organizing complex DAT networks."
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"title": "Read Null DAT Table Data",
"code": "# Read data from Null DAT\ndat = op('null_data')\nfor row in range(dat.numRows):\n for col in range(dat.numCols):\n print(f'[{row},{col}]: {dat[row, col]}')",
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