Text to array conversion
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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
edited Nov 11 at 1:52
Cris Luengo
16.8k51847
asked Nov 10 at 22:19
Sean
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up vote
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down vote
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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
edited Nov 11 at 1:52
Cris Luengo
16.8k51847
asked Nov 10 at 22:19
Sean
11
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
string matlab
edited Nov 11 at 1:52
Cris Luengo
16.8k51847
asked Nov 10 at 22:19
Sean
11
edited Nov 11 at 1:52
Cris Luengo
16.8k51847
asked Nov 10 at 22:19
Sean
11
edited Nov 11 at 1:52
Cris Luengo
16.8k51847
edited Nov 11 at 1:52
Cris Luengo
16.8k51847
edited Nov 11 at 1:52
Cris Luengo
16.8k51847
16.8k51847
asked Nov 10 at 22:19
Sean
11
asked Nov 10 at 22:19
Sean
11
asked Nov 10 at 22:19
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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.
answered Nov 10 at 23:24
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1 Answer
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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.
answered Nov 10 at 23:24
Sardar Usama
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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.
answered Nov 10 at 23:24
Sardar Usama
14.2k82244
add a comment |
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
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.
answered Nov 10 at 23:24
Sardar Usama
14.2k82244
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.
answered Nov 10 at 23:24
Sardar Usama
14.2k82244
answered Nov 10 at 23:24
Sardar Usama
14.2k82244
answered Nov 10 at 23:24
Sardar Usama
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answered Nov 10 at 23:24
Sardar Usama
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