How to import Data from a textfile that are in a float like format

Question

Patrick Benz 2021-2-12

回答： Walter Roberson 2021-2-12

I've got a Problem with the "importfile" function in Matlab.

I've got a txt file with coordinates from Abaqus. The problem ist the format.

As an example these are two lines from the File:

1, -20.8047047, -9., 9.

17, -41.7204437, -15.691452, -15.691452

It is: Node Number, x-coordinate, y-coordinate, z-coordinate

When I am using the "Importfile" function I get an Error which you can see in the picture.

So I know the problem is probably the format of the -9.,

I can't change the format of the output. Is there any opportunity to import the data from the file?

Answer 1

Walter Roberson 2021-2-12

I recommend using readtable() instead of importfile()

I suspect that importfile has decided that the delimiter is space, and then textscan is choking because it is seeing a comman instead of a number.