Thread Subject: "reading data from text file"

I have a text file as follows:

CC
CC
*----
    2 3
34 6
CC
*---
2.2 3.3 4.4

how can I read just numbers? or how can I ask matlab to
ignore all lines started by 'CC' and read data after lines
started by '*'? (Also, what about spaces?)
I want to read each line individually.
if anybody can write some lines of a code to read even above
example, I will appreciate.
(I already read the example regarding to 'textread' and
'textscan'. but I did not find anything clear.)

"Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
<g0kgia$nlu$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I have a text file as follows:
>
> CC
> CC
> *----
> 2 3
> 34 6
> CC
> *---
> 2.2 3.3 4.4
>
> [...]
> if anybody can write some lines of a code to read even above
> example, I will appreciate.
> (I already read the example regarding to 'textread' and
> 'textscan'. but I did not find anything clear.)

A = txt2mat('C:\myfile.txt',0,-3,'BadLineString',{'*','C'});

is a possible one-liner solution. txt2mat can be found on
the file exchange (see its help for details).

Hth,
regards
Andres

"Andres Toennesmann" <rantore@werb.de> wrote in message
<g0kkuu$47v$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> <g0kgia$nlu$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > I have a text file as follows:
> >
> > CC
> > CC
> > *----
> > 2 3
> > 34 6
> > CC
> > *---
> > 2.2 3.3 4.4
> >
> > [...]
> > if anybody can write some lines of a code to read even above
> > example, I will appreciate.
> > (I already read the example regarding to 'textread' and
> > 'textscan'. but I did not find anything clear.)
>
> A = txt2mat('C:\myfile.txt',0,-3,'BadLineString',{'*','C'});
>
> is a possible one-liner solution. txt2mat can be found on
> the file exchange (see its help for details).
>
> Hth,
> regards
> Andres


I is not working. There is something wrong with the command

"Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
<g0kmqt$k8t$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Andres Toennesmann" <rantore@werb.de> wrote in message
> <g0kkuu$47v$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > "Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > <g0kgia$nlu$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > > I have a text file as follows:
> > >
> > > CC
> > > CC
> > > *----
> > > 2 3
> > > 34 6
> > > CC
> > > *---
> > > 2.2 3.3 4.4
> > >
> > > [...]
> > > if anybody can write some lines of a code to read even
above
> > > example, I will appreciate.
> > > (I already read the example regarding to 'textread' and
> > > 'textscan'. but I did not find anything clear.)
> >
> > A = txt2mat('C:\myfile.txt',0,-3,'BadLineString',{'*','C'});
> >
> > is a possible one-liner solution. txt2mat can be found on
> > the file exchange (see its help for details).
> >
> > Hth,
> > regards
> > Andres
>
>
> I is not working. There is something wrong with the command



would you please 'somebody' help me? I am waiting.
somebody, anybody....

"Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
<g0koud$ikl$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> <g0kmqt$k8t$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > "Andres Toennesmann" <rantore@werb.de> wrote in message
> > <g0kkuu$47v$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > > "Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > <g0kgia$nlu$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > > > I have a text file as follows:
> > > >
> > > > CC
> > > > CC
> > > > *----
> > > > 2 3
> > > > 34 6
> > > > CC
> > > > *---
> > > > 2.2 3.3 4.4
> > > >
> > > > [...]
> > > > if anybody can write some lines of a code to read
even
> above
> > > > example, I will appreciate.
> > > > (I already read the example regarding to 'textread'
and
> > > > 'textscan'. but I did not find anything clear.)
> > >
> > > A = txt2mat('C:\myfile.txt',0,-3,'BadLineString',
{'*','C'});
> > >
> > > is a possible one-liner solution. txt2mat can be
found on
> > > the file exchange (see its help for details).
> > >
> > > Hth,
> > > regards
> > > Andres
> >
> >
> > I is not working. There is something wrong with the
command
>
>
>
> would you please 'somebody' help me? I am waiting.
> somebody, anybody....

How do you know it is not working?

What error message did you get?

It's not easy for us to read your mind!

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*snip*

>> > A = txt2mat('C:\myfile.txt',0,-3,'BadLineString',{'*','C'});
>> >
>> > is a possible one-liner solution. txt2mat can be found on
>> > the file exchange (see its help for details).
>> >
>> > Hth,
>> > regards
>> > Andres
>>
>> I is not working. There is something wrong with the command
>
> would you please 'somebody' help me? I am waiting.
> somebody, anybody....

Note that Andres indicated that txt2mat is on the file exchange
(http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral) -- it is not part of MATLAB itself,
but a user-contributed file. You will need to download it to a work
directory before using it. This is likely the reason it is "not working".

--
Steve Lord
slord@mathworks.com

"Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
[..]
> >
> > I is not working. There is something wrong with the command
>
>
>
> would you please 'somebody' help me? I am waiting.
> somebody, anybody....

I'm sorry I can't check by myself right now. Maybe a hint to
another solution, using the built-in textscan:
As I'm not sure if textscan supports multiple 'CommentStyle'
parameters (which would have done the job similar to the
multiple 'BadLineString' arguments in txt2mat), you could
write a small funtion that reads your file as a string via
fread, for example, removes those 'CC' and '*----' lines by
strrep "manually" and then applies textscan to the string.
See the respective manual pages please.
Good luck!
Regards
Andres

> "Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> [..]
> > >
> > > I is not working. There is something wrong with the
command
> >
> >
> >
> > would you please 'somebody' help me? I am waiting.
> > somebody, anybody....

Just guessing about your problem:
If

A = txt2mat('C:\myfile.txt',0,3,'BadLineString', ...
            {'*','C'}, 'ReadMode','line');

runs properly, it might be an issue with the current fex
version of txt2mat (about translating the version number
string :-( ). An interim fix is on its way to the fex.
If you like, contact me via the fex form, or please provide
some more error details here.
Regards
Andres

"Andres Toennesmann" <rantore@werb.de> wrote in message
<g0q391$mdt$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > "Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > [..]
> > > >
> > > > I is not working. There is something wrong with the
> command
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > would you please 'somebody' help me? I am waiting.
> > > somebody, anybody....
>
> Just guessing about your problem:
> If
>
> A = txt2mat('C:\myfile.txt',0,3,'BadLineString', ...
> {'*','C'}, 'ReadMode','line');
>
> runs properly, it might be an issue with the current fex
> version of txt2mat (about translating the version number
> string :-( ). An interim fix is on its way to the fex.
> If you like, contact me via the fex form, or please provide
> some more error details here.
> Regards
> Andres
>
>
Thank you very much for your comments. the last comments
solved my problem, however, the waitbar doesn't close until
the end of my code. how can I close it after reading the
data? I tried 'close' with all its version.

"Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message <g0sosh$ls8
$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> [..] however, the waitbar doesn't close until
> the end of my code. how can I close it after reading the
> data? I tried 'close' with all its version.


The waitbar won't survive a

close all hidden

afaik. But of course, txt2mat should close the waitbar by
itself - and it does so if I let it work on a file with
your demo lines. Could it be that the waitbar was left over
from some previous erroneous call? Everything else would be
a bug and I'd be curious to find out.

Btw, you can also suppress the waitbar (and any command
line output) with the 'Infolevel' argument set to zero,
i.e.:

A = txt2mat('C:\myfile.txt',0,3,'BadLineString', ...
            {'*','C'}, 'ReadMode','line','Infolevel',0);


Regards,
Andres

"Andres Toennesmann" <rantore@werb.de> wrote in message
<g0tu4t$bhs$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "Hosein " <Kalaeimh@yahoo.com> wrote in message <g0sosh$ls8
> $1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > [..] however, the waitbar doesn't close until
> > the end of my code. how can I close it after reading the
> > data? I tried 'close' with all its version.
>
>
> The waitbar won't survive a
>
> close all hidden
>
> afaik. But of course, txt2mat should close the waitbar by
> itself - and it does so if I let it work on a file with
> your demo lines. Could it be that the waitbar was left over
> from some previous erroneous call? Everything else would be
> a bug and I'd be curious to find out.
>
> Btw, you can also suppress the waitbar (and any command
> line output) with the 'Infolevel' argument set to zero,
> i.e.:
>
> A = txt2mat('C:\myfile.txt',0,3,'BadLineString', ...
> {'*','C'}, 'ReadMode','line','Infolevel',0);
>
>
> Regards,
> Andres

By this command, the waitbar does not appear even. I want it
to be seen, but after reading data, it is automatically
closed. Probably the reading data is so fast, that is why I
could not see it.

Cheers
hosein