Hi

I have a file like :

s1   3       1.   3.   5.   file1  file2  file3
s1   2       3.   5.   file1  file2
s1   4       1.   2.   3.  5.   file1  file2  file3  file4

the second column decides how many numbers and filenames follows, like
3 there are three numbers and three filenames follows.
I try textscan and importdata, which seems need same columns in each
rows.

How to read this file with variable column numbers?

Mike

Dear Mike,

You can definitely read it using fgetl in a for loop. Please see

help fgetl

for further details.

Best.




Mike <sulfateion@gmail.com> wrote in message <54472496-4e59-440d-a4df-28d621127b3e@k5g2000pra.googlegroups.com>...
> Hi
> 
> I have a file like :
> 
> s1   3       1.   3.   5.   file1  file2  file3
> s1   2       3.   5.   file1  file2
> s1   4       1.   2.   3.  5.   file1  file2  file3  file4
> 
> the second column decides how many numbers and filenames follows, like
> 3 there are three numbers and three filenames follows.
> I try textscan and importdata, which seems need same columns in each
> rows.
> 
> How to read this file with variable column numbers?
> 
> Mike