Unable to create an array from a table

Question

I'm trying to load an external CSV file using MATLAB.

I managed to download it using webread, but I only need a subset of the columns.

I tried

Tb = webread('https://datahub.io/machine-learning/iris/r/iris.csv');     
X = [sepallength sepalwidth petallength petalwidth];

But I cannot form X this way because the names are not recognized. How can I create X correctly?

Answer 1

The line

Tb = webread('https://datahub.io/machine-learning/iris/r/iris.csv');

Produces a table object with column names you later try to access as if they were workspace variables - which they aren't. Instead, you should modify your code to use:

X = [Tb.sepallength Tb.sepalwidth Tb.petallength Tb.petalwidth];