options = detectImportOptions(filename) identifies a table in a file and returns an importoptions object.

You can customize this object and use it withreadtable, readcell orreadmatrix to control how Nelson imports data as a table, cell array, or matrix.

The type of the returned options object depends on the file's extension.

Properties:

Delimiter: Field delimiter characters. example: {','}

LineEnding: End-of-line characters. example: {'\r\n'}

CommentStyle: Style of comments. example: {'#'}

EmptyLineRule: Procedure to handle empty lines. example: 'skip'

VariableNamesLine: Variable names location. example: 1

VariableNames: Variable names. example: {'Names' 'Age' 'Height' 'Weight'}

RowNamesColumn: Row names location. example: 0

DataLines: Data location, [l1 l2] Indicate the range of lines containing the data. l1 refers to the first line with data, while l2 refers to the last line. example: [2 Inf]

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