import csv file with headers as variables name

Hello,

I have a CSV file with first row containing column name, which is variable name.

I'd like to import this file so that the variables which would be created, would be the column name.

For example:

Student ID
Michael 56
Ashish 35

After importing, there would be 2 variables named Student and ID:

Student=[Michael Ashish]
ID=[56 35]

Additional issue is that the CSV file contains both text and numbers in the column.

Please assist.

Thank you :)

[Stephen23]

"the variables which would be created"

It is a bad way to code to magically "poof" variables into existence. A much neater, faster, and more robust solution would be to simply use a table or to convert the data to a structure.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

You cannot do that with csvread(). You will need to use textscan() or readtable()

[michael]

Csn I have an exsmple? Also, can i have a solution for matlab 6.1?

[Walter Roberson]

textscan() and readtable() were not supported back then. You will need to use fopen() and read and parse the lines, perhaps using sscanf()

Your question is phrased much as if you are doing a homework assignment, but it would not seem to make sense to be doing a homework assignment with a version of MATLAB released 15 years ago.

[michael]

This is one of the versions in my work. I have 15a but also 6.5 which is more available for me