tblread - Read tabular data from file

Syntax

[data,varnames,casenames] = tblread [data,varnames,casenames] = tblread(filename) [data,varnames,casenames] = tblread(filename,delimiter)

Description

[data,varnames,casenames] = tblread displays the File Open dialog box for interactive selection of a tabular data file. The file format has variable names in the first row, case names in the first column and data starting in the (2, 2) position. Outputs are:

data — Numeric matrix with a value for each variable-case pair
varnames — String matrix containing the variable names in the first row of the file
casenames — String matrix containing the names of each case in the first column of the file

[data,varnames,casenames] = tblread(filename) allows command line specification of the name of a file in the current folder, or the complete path name of any file, using the string filename.

[data,varnames,casenames] = tblread(filename,delimiter) reads from the file using delimiter as the delimiting character. Accepted values for delimiter are:

' ' or 'space'
'\t' or 'tab'
',' or 'comma'
';' or 'semi'
'|' or 'bar'

The default value of delimiter is 'space'.

Examples

[data,varnames,casenames] = tblread('sat.dat')
data =
  470  530
  520  480

varnames =
Male 
Female

casenames =
Verbal   	
Quantitative

tblread - Read tabular data from file

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