Change empty string to "NaS" when reading from a file
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I want to read from a text file which has certain blank string cells in it. However, the character data isn't a numeric value, so I cannot use 'emptyvalue',NaN Is there a similar way for textread to fill blank cells for string with 'NaS'(Not a String)? I have tried many methods to overcome this but I am still lost. I have read that using "%[^ ]" can ignore characters in the box but I get an error when using it. Am I using it the wrong way?
inFile = 'filepath';
% Extracting data from the input file
[a,b,c,d] = textread(inFile,'%*d %*s %*s %*s %*s %*s %*s %*s %f %f %*d %[^ ] %s','headerlines',2,'delimiter','\t','emptyvalue', NaN);
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Stephen23
el 27 de Sept. de 2018
Editada: Stephen23
el 27 de Sept. de 2018
I would recommend following the advice in the MATLAB documentation.
"Am I using it the wrong way?"
You are using very outdated textread, instead of the reccomended textscan.
"However, I don't see any difference in what textscan would do as it still reads the data like textread."
You might not see any difference, but clearly the makers of MATLAB do, because they specifically advise against using it. Legacy functions, like textread, are not recommended for new code or projects.
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Bish Erbas
el 27 de Sept. de 2018
You can import all data as into a string cell array A and then perform all required conversions.
f = fopen('file.txt');
A = textscan(f,'%s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s %s','headerlines',2,'delimiter','\t');
fclose(f);
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Stephen23
el 27 de Sept. de 2018
"Not all the data inside the file is string too. There are some that are numbers."
So change the format string.
Bish Erbas
el 27 de Sept. de 2018
Stephen is right. Mine is just a simple example. Replace %s with %d for the columns contain numeric values if you want to save a few lines of post-processing after the import.
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