Is There a Way to Post Spreadsheets in an Answer?

Question

I have an answer which needs to calculate all possible combinations from a quest pool to determine what the most likely outcome of re-rolling a quest would be for the current combination of quests: https://gaming.stackexchange.com/a/234120/53654

I've written a program to generate this information: http://ideone.com/hQbzZL Unfortunately the output is so large that it times out on online compilers. When I run the program locally it generates 2087 combinations, so I just don't know how to roll that into a post.

What I'd like to do is attach the generated .csv to the answer, so anyone who wants to can download and use the spreadsheet. Does StackExchange have any provision for doing this, or do I have to create an account on some shady 3rd party file sharing site in order to accomplish this?

Answer 1

Format it like a preformatted text table and post it as a code block 😫

In alternative upload your csv to google spreadsheets, share with everybody with a link, then use the sharing link.

In both cases two thousand combinations sounds like way too many for an answer; surely you can boil the information down to a more manageable amount?

Answer 2

Markdown Tables are a relatively new addition to the Stack Exchange Engine, and a good solution for smaller datasets. Markdown like this:

| Table Headers         | Are Supported                      |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
| Some Formatting works | Like **Bold**                      |
|                       | *Italics*                          |
| (As do Blank cells ^) | And <strike>Strikethrough</strike> |

Results in this:

Table Headers	Are Supported
Some Formatting works	Like Bold
	Italics
(As do Blank cells ^)	And Strikethrough

^{As a side-note, the Markdown Table Generator site is great for getting the formatting right.}

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For larger datasets like your example answer, I would suggest either

1. Trimming down the data to only the information required, or if that is impossible:
2. Using a Google Sheets (or other cloud-hosted spreadsheet service), creating a 'Read Only' link, and linking to it in your answer.