Thread Subject: can not read float numbers from a txt file.

Hi everybody,

i am trying to read float numbers from a text file, but it worked only if i assume the float numbers as string .To be more clear, i have tried that:

data=textscan(fid,'%*s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s','delimiter', ';')

to read that file

00:00:19,968;8,02;8,44;8,30;7,79;8,19;7,96;9,80;9,44;15,42;16,35;13,40;13,19;8,16;
00:00:19,972;8,00;8,49;8,35;7,86;8,24;7,85;9,72;9,33;15,01;16,04;13,41;13,43;8,05;
00:00:19,976;7,91;8,40;8,18;7,89;8,13;7,96;9,78;9,49;15,14;16,36;13,41;13,31;8,02;
00:00:19,980;7,95;8,45;8,29;7,84;8,19;8,02;9,92;9,53;15,00;16,49;13,28;13,34;8,26;

so when i used:

data=textscan(fid,'%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n','delimiter', ';')

i got only two arrays instead of 14 arrays and in the two arrays there are only numbers with nothing after the comma.

thanks .

On 13 Aug, 11:25, "Leblead Sweid" <bhann...@live.com> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> i am trying to read float numbers from a text file, but it worked only if i assume the float numbers as string .To be more clear, i have tried that:
>
> data=textscan(fid,'%*s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s','delimiter', ';')
>
> to read that file
>
> 00:00:19,968;8,02;8,44;8,30;7,79;8,19;7,96;9,80;9,44;15,42;16,35;13,40;13,1­9;8,16;

You are using a locale where the decimal mark is comma
rather than dot. You need to change this before you
attempt to convert from text to numbers.

If you read the lines from the file yourself (as opposed
to using some canned routine), use

s = sttrep(s,',','.');

You might also have a problem with the penultimate column,
which contains 13,1-9. It is not at all obvious that this
will be accepted, or if so, converted correctly:

>> sscanf('13.1-9','%f')

ans =

   13.1000
   -9.0000

>> str2num('13.1-9')

ans =

    4.1000

Rune

On 13 Aug, 12:40, Rune Allnor <all...@tele.ntnu.no> wrote:

> > 00:00:19,968;8,02;8,44;8,30;7,79;8,19;7,96;9,80;9,44;15,42;16,35;13,40;13,1­­9;8,16;

> You might also have a problem with the penultimate column,
> which contains 13,1-9.

Sorry, something bad happened when I cut'n pasted
your data to matlab.

Rune

Hi,
try

data = txt2mat(filename.txt);

with txt2mat from the file exchange ( http://www.mathworks.de/matlabcentral/fileexchange/18430 ).