Error using textscan. Delimiter must be a string.

The code works for 2013a, however when I run on 2012a the following is reported:

Error using textscan
Delimiter must be a string.

Working 2013a code:

delimiter = {' : ',' (D',' (K'};
dataArray = textscan(fileID, formatSpec, endRow(1)-startRow(1)+1, 'Delimiter', delimiter, 'MultipleDelimsAsOne', true, 'EmptyValue' ,NaN,'HeaderLines', startRow(1)-1, 'ReturnOnError', false);

I am struggling to translate the delimiter. Note, the defined delimiter is for 3 cases:

Case1 space:space

Case2 space(D

Case3 space(K

Thanks! Appreciate your time.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

R2012a did not support a cell array of delimiter strings for textscan.

You might need to break the lines apart some other way, such as by using regexp()

[luckyRadar]

Walter,

Thanks. I figured that was the answer, but wanted to verify I was not missing something. Thanks again.

[Gregory]

Why doesn't the documentation mention that? When you look up textscan it says:

Field delimiter characters, specified as the comma-separated
pair consisting of 'Delimiter' and a string or
a cell array of strings.

Specify multiple delimiters in a cell array
of strings.

Example: 'delimiter',{';','*'}

With no quailifers on version.