Read text file and store in .mat file

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Sudharsan
Sudharsan on 24 Aug 2013
Commented: dpb on 28 Dec 2016
Assume i have the following values in a text file.
102
103
43.
i want to read this text file and store in a .mat file so that i can access the array of value.

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dpb
dpb on 24 Aug 2013
data=importdata('yourfile.txt');
Use the data as is...
doc save % and friends to write/read .mat files...
If the data in the text file contain more formatting, etc., than just the simplest, then
doc textscan % and friends
help iofun
will give a list of all the choices (a veritable plethora from which to choose depending on what you have as the input format).
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shuchita bahadur
shuchita bahadur on 28 Dec 2016
when usinf importdata in Command line it works, not from within a script. The variable does'nt show in workspace.
dpb
dpb on 28 Dec 2016
In a script is the same as at the command line. If you mean a function m-file, yes, variables are local in scope within functions; to return the variable to the calling scope (command line or calling function), that function must have a return variable and the result of the read operation, whatever routine you use, returned to the caller via that variable.
See
doc function
for how functions work...

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dwarose
dwarose on 24 Aug 2013
etc., than just the simplest, then doc textscan % and friends help iofun will give a list of all the choices (a veritable plethora from which to choose depending on what you have as the input formatUse the data as is... doc save % and friends to write/read .mat files... If the data in the text file contain more formatting, http://justintv-fenerbahce-eskisehirspor-maci-canli-seyret.blogs.lalibre.be/

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