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"Bill " <william.nospam.a.cobb@gm.com> wrote in message
<fbcpdd$b7$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> Looks to me like you ought to consider using an Access 
> database table to hold the data.  You can then employ 
> select and update sqls to modify your 'datafiles'.
> 
> I've become very enthused about using Access as a 
> transportable data closet.  With the database toolbox, you 
> don't even need to have Access.

Thanks for the suggestion. I do have the database toolbox
and I have been thinking about this as an option. I'd
probably use Sql Server Express (or MSDE) rather than
Access, but I think your suggestion is certainly an option I
should consider.

It seems like my options are coming down to either Excel or
a database. But I was hoping for a solution that involved
CSV/ASCII files. My past experience tells me that using a
database will probably be slower than writing to CSV files.
(I don't know how using one of the options to write to
Excel-formatted files will compare in speed.) I also like
the fact that ASCII text files, besides being generally fast
than a db, are really easy to deal with.