Convert .txt to .xls

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Michael Angeles
Michael Angeles 2023-9-2
回答: Gyan Vaibhav 2023-11-16
I have a code that I need to convert multiple .txt files to .xls files and save with the same filename.
The first 12 lines of the file are descriptions of settings only. I needed these to be separated as Delimited, Comma, Colon, and Other: \
The text files from line 13 and below are separated by comma. I need these to sorted as columns.
% Path to the folder containing .txt files
txtFolder = '/path/to/txt/files/';
% Get a list of .txt files in the folder
txtFiles = dir(fullfile(txtFolder, '*.txt'));
% Loop through each .txt file
for i = 1:numel(txtFiles)
% Read the content of the current .txt file
txtPath = fullfile(txtFolder, txtFiles(i).name);
fileID = fopen(txtPath, 'r');
txtContent = textscan(fileID, '%s', 'Delimiter', '\n');
fclose(fileID);
% Process data (lines 13 and beyond)
dataLines = txtContent{1}(13:end);
numColumns = 6; % Number of columns for each line
processedData = cell(numel(dataLines), numColumns);
% Split and store data into columns
for j = 1:numel(dataLines)
dataValues = strsplit(dataLines{j}, ',');
numValues = min(numColumns, numel(dataValues));
processedData(j, 1:numValues) = dataValues(1:numValues);
end
% Create an Excel file
excelFilename = [erase(txtFiles(i).name, '.txt'), '.xlsx'];
excelPath = fullfile(txtFolder, excelFilename);
% Write processed data to Excel using xlsxWrite
xlsxWrite(excelPath, processedData);
end
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Michael Angeles
Michael Angeles 2023-9-2
Hi John, I'm still on the debugging phase of the script since I get errors.
Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson 2023-9-2
How about if you use readcell() with 'HeaderLines', 12, and then writecell() ?

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Gyan Vaibhav
Gyan Vaibhav 2023-11-16
Hi Michael,
I understand that your goal is to process data from “TXT” files and convert them into “XLS” files using MATLAB.
The code you've shared appears to be mostly correct, but there seems to be a small mistake. The correct function name should be xlswrite, not xlsxWrite.
However, it's worth noting that there are more efficient and compatible methods for writing to spreadsheets. For instance, the writetable function is generally recommended over xlswrite due to better compatibility. Before using writetable, you'll need to convert your cell array to a table.
Additionally, the strsplit function may not handle quoted strings containing commas as expected. A more reliable approach would be to use textscan" with a comma as the delimiter. This will ensure accurate data parsing, even when your data includes quoted strings with commas.
for j = 1:numel(dataLines)
dataValues = textscan(dataLines{j}, '%s', 'Delimiter', ',');
dataValues = dataValues{1}';
numValues = min(numColumns, numel(dataValues));
processedData(j, 1:numValues) = dataValues(1:numValues);
end
% Create an Excel file
excelFilename = [erase(txtFiles(i).name, '.txt'), '.xls'];
excelPath = fullfile(txtFolder, excelFilename);
% Convert cell array to table
T = cell2table(processedData);
% Write processed data to Excel using writetable
writetable(T, excelPath);
The above code can be included in the existing code, and it should give the expected results.
For more details about the “writetable” function refer to the following documentation:
Hope this helps.
Thanks
Gyan

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