Matlab function for reading formatted data.
textscan is a Matlab function for reading formatted data from text file or string.
For more details, see the Matlab's official doc.
Questions tagged [textscan]
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import specific columns and range of rows from .dat file
How would I import the data from the fourth row from the following .dat file:
#0 Date-time: 07/06/2011 09:13:53
#1 Recorder: 10T2607
#2 File type: 1
#3 Columns: 3
#4 Channels: 1
#5 Field separation: 0
#6 Decimal point: 0
#7 Date…
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optimize this code?
I have a "parent" text file called reference, which is:
VERSION 3.82
CALCULATION 3
OPTIONS 0
PROJNAME
DATE
ENGINEER
NOTES ""
PASSWORD
MSTART CONSTANTS
RHO 1.225
RHOW 1027
VISCOS .0000182
GRAVITY 9.81
MEND
MSTART WINDND
SPMODEL 7
NLAT 31
NVER…
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Use textscan to read datablock
How to extract the "mean" and "depth" data like the following of each month?
MEAN, S.D., NO. OF OBSERVATIONS
January February ...
Depth Mean S.D. #Obs Mean S.D. #Obs …
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Extract or import two Specific values form Text file - MATLAB
I am working on a problem in MATLAB, in which I need to import two specific values (highlighted) from a text file as shown in the figure 1.
Corresponding .txt file is attached in the following link (Link)
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Read a .rad file using matlab (textscan without first lines)
I'd like to read into matlab my .rad file which is like that :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/w057nsnvquzrc18/RAD.rad?dl=0
I tried to use textscan and this :
D = textscan(fid, '%f %f %f %f %f','Delimiter',' ','headerlines', 19);
I got this :
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Matlab: How to read data file containing sequential (x,y) numerical tables with text titles, and plot the data?
I have x-y data that exists in a text file, which looks like this:
(("height-0.3m")
-0.0527942 0.0595315
-0.0525685 0.0594241
)
(("height-0.55m")
-0.0527939 0.0263362
-0.0525683 0.0265083
)
(("height-0.83m")
-0.0528517 …
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Matlab, textscan error
I get an error when I run a Matlab code (attached), that continuosly check and opens two .txt files at a given time interval, (2 seconds) and depending on the result a value comparison between those two files, chose one or another and use it....…
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Matlab: reading text file information with blanks
I have a horrible text file full of blanks (Example below), I need the information in the 6th column (e.i. 9381950, 9332480, and 9997980) but the sporadic blanks are making textread or textscan commands problematic even with detailed formatting. Is…
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Read certain paragraph from text files matlab
I am using matlab to extract words from text files. I have several text files and I want to textscan 'AB' part of each file.
From my knowledge I know how to read specific lines from a text file, however, because I want apply the same code for all…
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how to read a multiple folders then read single text file and remove header and footer
I have 30 folders in 'E:\meta data\new\data _thesis\NCEP\potential_temperature' directory. These folders are name from 1985 to 2015. In each folder there is 12 folders name apr,aug,dec,feb,jan,july,jun,marc,may,nov,oct,sept. And in each sub folder…
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How could I get the selected data in the specific rows and columns from data files in MATLAB?
I need your help.
I have one data file like below,
frames.trr frame 0:00
natoms= 1000 step= 0 time=0.0000000e+00 lambda= 0
box (3x3):
box[ 0]={ 1.72E+01 0.00E+00 0.00000e+00} …
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How can I search a text file for Count specific words using matlab?
I need to write a program in matlab that searches for specific key words in a text file and then Count the number of this specific word in text.
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