Importing 2 columns using textscan (OR possibly a different/easier way?)

Hey MLC,

I'm trying to use texscan to get matrix output from files which have fourteen lines of junk header crap, and then 3 columns: the frequency, the data, and then another column (it's junk, though)

The files are named e.g. TEST2A.txt, TEST2B.txt, TEST3A.txt,...,TEST9A.txt, TEST9B.txt i.e. 'TEST' then '2'-'9' (labeled itest in my code) and then 'A'/'B' (this is called fileid) :)

How can I improve my code to peel off each column as (first:) freq{itest,fileid} and (second:) noise{itest,fileid}.. Please forgive my noobish ways, please correct me. Also, I tried ot use uiimport and I didn't know how it worked... feelin' dumb.

My code compiles and noise data is empty.

for itest=2:9; % Test Numbers
    % two file-types "A" and "B"
    filename{1}=sprintf('test%.0fA.txt',itest);
    filename{2}=sprintf('test%.0fB.txt',itest);

      % "A".. then "B"
      for fileid=1:2
          % File has 14 lines of header, then 3 col: freq, norm, phase
          cll = textscan(filename{fileid},'numberofheaderlines',14);

          noisedata{itest,fileid}=cell2mat(cll); clear cll

%         freq = noisedata{itest,fileid}(:,1);
%         noise = noisedata{itest,fileid}(:,2);
    end;
end;

I appreciate your time.

Thank you, Michael

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_process_a_sequence_of_files.3F

cll = textscan(filename{fileid}, '%f%f%*f', 'numberofheaderlines', 14, 'CollectOutput', 1);

[Michael]

As ALWAYS: your help is awesome, thanks a million!