How to read a txt file containing letters and number

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I'm trying to read a txt file for class, but I have no idea how to eliminate the text in the file, so I can reach the data. The file contain a header and some lists with dates and data in sepperate colums.

Answers (1)

Simon
Simon on 19 Nov 2013
Hi!
You can read in with textscan as strings and convert afterwards:
% read file
fid = fopen('plante1_no_head.txt');
FC = textscan(fid, '%s%s%s%s');
fclose(fid);
% first column is date as string
% second column is time as string
% third column as double
A = FC{3};
% replace ',' with '.'
A = regexprep(A, ',', '.');
% convert to numeric
A = str2num(char(A));
% fourth column as double
B = FC{4};
% replace ',' with '.'
B = regexprep(B, ',', '.');
% convert to numeric
B = str2num(char(B));

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