How can I export data from MatLab to a .txt file without loosing precision?
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Hello. I would like to know how can export data from MatLab to a .txt file without loosing precision. I would like to export this data so I can do some computations using a C++ code I have. I've done some research, and I have found out that MatLab's double type (default type) has around 16 decimal digits of precision. Here is the code I've written:
x = rand(4,1);
file = fopen('file.txt', 'w');
fprintf(file, '%.15f\n', x);
fclose(file);
I would like to know if this code is correct or if there is something I can improve. Thank you very much for your help!
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Jan
le 3 Fév 2013
Modifié(e) : Jan
le 3 Fév 2013
Not only Matlab's double type uses about 16 digits, but this is the IEEE754 standard, which is available in all numerical software and usual processors. Besides Walter's suggestion to use '%.16g', which is more suitable e.g. for pi*1e14, the conversion to the decimal number as an ASCII file must reduce the precision. Example:
a = pi * 1e16;
fid = fopen('test.txt', 'w');
fprintf(fid, '%.16g', a);
fclose(fid);
fid = fopen('test.txt', 'r');
b = fscanf(fid, '%g');
fclose(fid);
a - b
>> 4
The conversion from the binary double format to the decimal text format includes a certain loss of precision already. When you want to deliver the values accurately, store them in binary format:
fid = fopen('test.bin', 'w');
fwrite(fid, a, 'double);
fclose(fid);
fid = fopen('test.bin', 'r');
b = fread(fid, 1, 'double);
fclose(fid);
a - b
>> 0
You can read the binary format from the C++ function also. And the import is faster than the conversion from the string.
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Jan
le 3 Fév 2013
@Reynaldo: The reading from C++ is very similar to the reading in Matlab. Look for the documentation of FREAD in C++, e.g. http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/cstdio/fread/ (this first link found by Google, but it seems quite clear). When you write 2GB, the binary format has the advantage of using less memory: 16 digits occupy up to 22 bytes (with 'e123' and a separator character), while the exact binary representation needs 8 bytes only.
Tahariet Sharon
le 21 Avr 2020
How to save to txt without space or commas or tabs between the numbers? I want to generate a 100K digit random number, so I first generate the 100K individual random numbers. I just need the spaces to be removed upon exporting.
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Walter Roberson
le 3 Fév 2013
I suggest using a "%.16g" format.
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Jan
le 3 Fév 2013
Again this is an effect of the conversion from binary to decimal: Most binary numbers do not have an exact decimal representation. And then the conversion can be calculated with much more than the the significant digits. See James Tursa's http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/22239-num2strexact-exact-version-of-num2str.
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