Import txt file into matlab using programically

I have data in txt file as shown below:

        ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
        ffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
        01234efefabcdeffffffffffffff
        ffffffffffffabcdeabcdeffffff
        abcdefabcdefabcdefabcdefabcd
        abcdffffffefefefefbabadededf
        1234dace56778445dcfacedbebbf
        abcdfedfedabce34127432ffedab
now these data i have to take in m file by importing txt file into matlab.For that what matlab code should be written.....

Thanks

[Jan]

This question is far to general to be answered. Please add any details by editing the question.

[Matt Kindig]

It is still not clear what form the data is in. Is the data a continuous string of digits, like you've indicated, or is it separated into numbers by spaces, line breaks, commas, etc.? Can you post the first few lines of the file into your question? Also, can you tell us what your desired output for those lines looks like?

[Jan]

And what is the desired output? A String or are these characters 4 Byte hex-encoded signed integers?

[Tinkul]

It is continuous string of digits.There is no commas,spaces etc.Output should be same as in the txt file.

Answer 1

[Jan]

fid = fopen(FileName, 'r');
if fid == -1, error('Cannot open file'); end
S = fread(fid, Inf, '*char');
fclose(fid);

Or to use a Matlab function:

S = fileread(FileName);

Answer 2

[Kevin Claytor]

The Documentation has rather extensive help for file opening, reading and saving http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/f16-5702.html#f16-14492. I will direct you to a few in particular;

See fopen http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/fopen.html and textscan http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/textscan.html

Or importdata; http://www.mathworks.com/help/techdoc/ref/importdata.html

Answer 3

[K]

I've used the command textread really successfully with .txt files where the columns of numbers were separated by spaces or tabs. The command looked something like this:

textread('Nameoftextfile.txt','%f %f %f','headerlines',12);

Try searching for textread in the Matlab help to get details for your specific application.