Pulling certain data from a text file into Matlab with strsplit

Hi, I want a function that reads this text file. It would be better if this could be read with fgetl and strsplit.Thanks!

Answer 1

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Try something like this —

% opts = weboptions('ContentType','text');
% M = webread('https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/873530/miktos1.txt', opts)

T1 = readtable('https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/873530/miktos1.txt', 'ReadVariableNames',0)

T1 = 8×2 table
           Var1                                 Var2                      
    ___________________    _______________________________________________

    {'LOADS'          }    {'20  40              kN/m'                   }
    {'ELASTICITY'     }    {'28e6  210e6         kPa      concrete/steel'}
    {'SPECIFIC WEIGHT'}    {'25    78.6          kN/m3    concrete/steel'}
    {'MAX STRESS'     }    {'20e3  355e3         kPa      concrete/steel'}
    {'COST'           }    {'100   8000          Euros/m3 concrete/steel'}
    {'MAX DEFLECTION' }    {'0.05                m'                      }
    {'SPANS'          }    {'4  4  2  2  4  4    m'                      }
    {'HEIGHTS'        }    {'1  3                m'                      }

for k = 1:size(T1,1)
    Var2stsp{k,:} = strsplit(T1{k,2}{:},' ');
end

Var2stsp{1}

ans = 1×3 cell array
    {'20'}    {'40'}    {'kN/m'}

Var2stsp{2}

ans = 1×4 cell array
    {'28e6'}    {'210e6'}    {'kPa'}    {'concrete/steel'}

Var2stsp{end-1}

ans = 1×7 cell array
    {'4'}    {'4'}    {'2'}    {'2'}    {'4'}    {'4'}    {'m'}

Var2stsp{end}

ans = 1×3 cell array
    {'1'}    {'3'}    {'m'}

Experiment to get the desired result.

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