MATLAB Programming

6 Data Import and Export
number of output variables must match the number of conversion specifiers
in the format string.
In this example, textread reads the file mydata.dat, applying the format
string to each line in the file until the end of the file:
[names, types, x, y, answer] = ...
textread('mydata.dat', '%s %s %f %d %s', 3)
names =
'Sally'
'Larry'
'Tommy'
types =
'Type1'
'Type2'
'Type1'
x =
12.3400
34.5600
67.8900
y =
45
54
23
answer =
'Yes'
'Yes'
'No'
If your data uses a character other than a space as a delimiter, you must use
the textread parameter 'delimiter' to specify the delimiter. For example,
if the file mydata.dat used a semicolon as a delimiter, you would use this
command:
[names, types, x, y, answer]= ...
textread('mydata.dat', '%s %s %f %d %s', 'delimiter', ';')
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