Thread Subject: load ASCII file with rows of different length

I need to load a file with this structure:
 
       40 40 50
   1
   1
   2
   2
   4
   1
   1
   1
   1

I am not sure what's the best way to do it. Note that I wouldn't want to modify the original file, i.e. I can't delete the first row and use the load function.

Any suggestion would be great.

LT

did you try the "importdata" function?

"trave Traverso" <trave80@gmail.com> wrote in message <h7h3vm$e4g$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I need to load a file with this structure:
>
> 40 40 50
> 1
> 1
> 2
> 2
> 4
> 1
> 1
> 1
> 1
>
> I am not sure what's the best way to do it. Note that I wouldn't want to modify the original file, i.e. I can't delete the first row and use the load function.
>
> Any suggestion would be great.
>
> LT

one of the solutions (using pseudo-code)
- based on TEXTREAD...

- read the header using the N option
     ...=textread('filename','format',N);

- read the data using the HEADERLINES option
     ...=textread('filename','format','headerlines',1);

us

thanks a lot for your help,

best

LT

"us " <us@neurol.unizh.ch> wrote in message <h7h4kb$pmf$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> "trave Traverso" <trave80@gmail.com> wrote in message <h7h3vm$e4g$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> > I need to load a file with this structure:
> >
> > 40 40 50
> > 1
> > 1
> > 2
> > 2
> > 4
> > 1
> > 1
> > 1
> > 1
> >
> > I am not sure what's the best way to do it. Note that I wouldn't want to modify the original file, i.e. I can't delete the first row and use the load function.
> >
> > Any suggestion would be great.
> >
> > LT
>
> one of the solutions (using pseudo-code)
> - based on TEXTREAD...
>
> - read the header using the N option
> ...=textread('filename','format',N);
>
> - read the data using the HEADERLINES option
> ...=textread('filename','format','headerlines',1);
>
> us

"Abel Brown" <brown.2179@osu.edu> wrote in message <h7h4ie$lrh$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> did you try the "importdata" function?

thanks for your help.

best

LT