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How do you convert a text file which has commas into an array delimited by those commas? For example, I use 



var = importdata(filename)

disp(var)


This obviously displays the contents which are
'please, help, me'



How do I then get var to be an array such that I could extract a single word using something similar to var(2)?






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    How do you convert a text file which has commas into an array delimited by those commas? For example, I use 



    var = importdata(filename)
    
disp(var)


    This obviously displays the contents which are
    'please, help, me'



    How do I then get var to be an array such that I could extract a single word using something similar to var(2)?






    string matlab







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      How do you convert a text file which has commas into an array delimited by those commas? For example, I use 



      var = importdata(filename)
      
disp(var)


      This obviously displays the contents which are
      'please, help, me'



      How do I then get var to be an array such that I could extract a single word using something similar to var(2)?






      string matlab







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      How do you convert a text file which has commas into an array delimited by those commas? For example, I use 



      var = importdata(filename)
      
disp(var)


      This obviously displays the contents which are
      'please, help, me'



      How do I then get var to be an array such that I could extract a single word using something similar to var(2)?






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          Use strsplit (requires ≥ R2013a) or split (requires ≥ R2016b) to split the character array var{1} into a cell array that contains those words at its separate cells. 



          v = strsplit(var{1},', ');   %or v = split(var{1},' ,');


          Now v{1}, v{2} and v{3} give 'please', 'help' and 'me' respectively.
          var{1} is used since you must be returned a cell array var from importdata. If var was not a cell array but a character array then you would not be getting single quotes in the output of disp.






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            Use strsplit (requires ≥ R2013a) or split (requires ≥ R2016b) to split the character array var{1} into a cell array that contains those words at its separate cells. 



            v = strsplit(var{1},', ');   %or v = split(var{1},' ,');


            Now v{1}, v{2} and v{3} give 'please', 'help' and 'me' respectively.
            var{1} is used since you must be returned a cell array var from importdata. If var was not a cell array but a character array then you would not be getting single quotes in the output of disp.






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              Use strsplit (requires ≥ R2013a) or split (requires ≥ R2016b) to split the character array var{1} into a cell array that contains those words at its separate cells. 



              v = strsplit(var{1},', ');   %or v = split(var{1},' ,');


              Now v{1}, v{2} and v{3} give 'please', 'help' and 'me' respectively.
              var{1} is used since you must be returned a cell array var from importdata. If var was not a cell array but a character array then you would not be getting single quotes in the output of disp.






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                Use strsplit (requires ≥ R2013a) or split (requires ≥ R2016b) to split the character array var{1} into a cell array that contains those words at its separate cells. 



                v = strsplit(var{1},', ');   %or v = split(var{1},' ,');


                Now v{1}, v{2} and v{3} give 'please', 'help' and 'me' respectively.
                var{1} is used since you must be returned a cell array var from importdata. If var was not a cell array but a character array then you would not be getting single quotes in the output of disp.






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                Use strsplit (requires ≥ R2013a) or split (requires ≥ R2016b) to split the character array var{1} into a cell array that contains those words at its separate cells. 



                v = strsplit(var{1},', ');   %or v = split(var{1},' ,');


                Now v{1}, v{2} and v{3} give 'please', 'help' and 'me' respectively.
                var{1} is used since you must be returned a cell array var from importdata. If var was not a cell array but a character array then you would not be getting single quotes in the output of disp.







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