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readcell

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Create cell array from file.

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Syntax

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C = readcell(filename)

C = readcell(filename, opts)

Input argument

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filename

a string: filename source.

opts

DelimitedTextImportOptions object

Output argument

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C

a cell.

Description

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C = readcell(filename) creates a cell array by importing column-oriented data from a text or spreadsheet file.

C = readcell(filename, opts) creates a cell array using the settings defined in the opts import options object. The import options object allows you to customize how readcell interprets the file, offering greater control, improved performance, and the ability to reuse the configuration compared to the default syntax.

Examples

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Names = {'John'; 'Alice'; 'Bob'; 'Diana'};
Age = [28; 34; 22; 30];
Height = [175; 160; 180; 165];
Weight = [70; 55; 80; 60];
T = table(Names, Age, Height, Weight);
writetable(T, [tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'])
C = readcell([tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'])

Names = {'John'; 'Alice'; 'Bob'; 'Diana'};
Age = [28; 34; 22; 30];
Height = [175; 160; 180; 165];
Weight = [70; 55; 80; 60];
T = table(Names, Age, Height, Weight);
writetable(T, [tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'])
options = detectImportOptions([tempdir,'readcell_1.csv']);
C1 = readcell([tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'], options)
options.DataLines = [1 Inf]
C2 = readcell([tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'], options)

See also

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writecell, detectImportOptions, writetable, readtable, fileread.

History

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Version	Description
1.10.0	initial version

Author

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Allan CORNET