To link string of one .txt file to a value of another?

I have 2 .txt files

One with a value and a string (class) and one with values.

Example: 1.txt

1 "classCar"

2 "classBicycle"

3 "classFoot"

Example: 2.txt

10 1

20 2

30 3

How can I get the value linked with "classBicycle" and compare it with 2.txt to get the value with 2 (20)?

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

[chrisw23]

defLines = readlines("1.txt").replace("""","").split;

rawLines = readlines("2.txt").split;

defTbl = array2table(defLines,"VariableNames",["classId" "className"]);

rawTbl = array2table(rawLines,"VariableNames",["value" "classId"]);

resStruct.className = rawTbl.classId.replace(defTbl.classId,defTbl.className);

resStruct.value = rawTbl.value;

resStruct.classId = rawTbl.classId;

struct2table(resStruct) % linked for access

another option would be the use of an enumeration class