MATLAB CREATES AN EXTRA COLUMN WHILE READING A TXT FILE

Hello ,

I have a txt file which i have attached and it have 4 columns. When i read it with matlab it creates an extra column with zeros so it is like that :

2 1 1 0 0

1 1 1 0 0

and the txt file is this

2 1 1 0

1 1 1 0

i use this command to open the txt file

n_values = textread('n_values.txt');

can anyone help me ?

[Walter Roberson]

Which MATLAB release are you using, and which operating system? I am not seeing that on R2020a on Mac.

I note that your file has both carriage return and line feed, so it is most likely to have been created on Windows.

[chntua chntua]

i use R2018b and windows 10

Answer 1

[VBBV]

Try load function instead As below

values = load('n_values.txt');

You are also using same variable name as the filename. Use a different variable name after importing data as shown above

[chntua chntua]

ok thanks a lot ! it works !

[Walter Roberson]

There is no need to use a different variable name than the file name. The file name is a character vector, and whether you use a variable with the same name or not is not going to affect your code (provided that whatever name you use does not conflict with anything else.)