MATLAB extract numbers in .txt file

[member 428835]

Hi PF!

I have a .txt file with spaces and letters, along with numbers. It looks something like this:

12.0 42.0 21.0 32.0
ICF-8-1
23.0 24.0 46.0 600.0

Additionally, the first two sets of numbers each represent a coordinate pair. Then the first coordinate is (12,42) and the second is (21,32) and so on. Does anyone know how I can have MATLAB extract this info? I've attached the .txt file so you can see what I'm looking at.

Thanks so much!

 

[Student100]

Hi PF!

I have a .txt file with spaces and letters, along with numbers. It looks something like this:

12.0 42.0 21.0 32.0
ICF-8-1
23.0 24.0 46.0 600.0

Additionally, the first two sets of numbers each represent a coordinate pair. Then the first coordinate is (12,42) and the second is (21,32) and so on. Does anyone know how I can have MATLAB extract this info? I've attached the .txt file so you can see what I'm looking at.

Thanks so much!

Did you try just using import data? It can sometimes parse things out nicely.

 

[Student100]

Hi PF!

I have a .txt file with spaces and letters, along with numbers. It looks something like this:

12.0 42.0 21.0 32.0
ICF-8-1
23.0 24.0 46.0 600.0

Additionally, the first two sets of numbers each represent a coordinate pair. Then the first coordinate is (12,42) and the second is (21,32) and so on. Does anyone know how I can have MATLAB extract this info? I've attached the .txt file so you can see what I'm looking at.

Thanks so much!

Also depends on your version, newer versions have a nicer import data app. I got it to work in mine, but I had to delete the top characters manually.

 

[member 428835]

Thanks Student100! This totally worked!