importdata doesnt create structure

Hi everybody,

I have problems with the importdata function.

close all
clear 
clc
set(0,'defaulttextinterpreter','latex')
headerlinesIn = 2;
delimiterIn = ' ';
a = "stuff1";
MAG1 = importdata(a,delimiterIn,headerlinesIn);
b = "stuff2";
COIL1 = importdata(b,delimiterIn,headerlinesIn);

COIL1 is a structure, containing the data part with all I need. MAG1 is just a 2x1 cell containing the headers.

Does anyone have an idea why my code doesnt work properly? It cant be difficult to skip the first two lines..

EDIT: I think it has something to do with how the data is saved. Is there another data reader than importfile?

EDIT2: I solved my problem with dlmread. I'm still intersted why importdata didn't work. Does anyone have an idea?

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

R

[Stephen23]

What possible role does

set(0,'defaulttextinterpreter','latex')

have in your code?

[Walter Roberson]

What does the file look like?

[Sonam Gupta]

What is the error you are getting when using the 'importdata' function?