Question

I have a comma seperated dataset called Book2.csv I want to extract the contents. The contents are a 496024×1 array of strings (normal, neptune, smurf).

I tryed:

 [text_data] = xlsread('Book2.csv');

But it just outputed a text_data empty array?

When trying csvread

M = csvread('Book2.csv')
??? Error using ==> dlmread at 145
Mismatch between file and format string.
Trouble reading number from file (row 1, field 1) ==>
norma

Error in ==> csvread at 54
    m=dlmread(filename, ',', r, c);

I get this error. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Off the top of my head this should get the job done. But possibly not the best way to do it.

fid = fopen(your file);  //open file
 //read all contents into data as a char array 
 //(don't forget the `'` to make it a row rather than a column).
data = fread(fid, '*char')';
fclose(fid);
//This will return a cell array with the individual
//entries for each string you have between the commas.
entries = regexp(data, ',', 'split');