How to write the pixel values of a graylevel image into a text file?

I would like to read a grayscale image and write that pixel values into a text file

[ILoveMATLAB]

• Read the image using imread
• Save the matrix as a text file using writematrix

[VENKATA SUBBAIAH MADAKA]

Could you please share the equivalent code for that?

[VENKATA SUBBAIAH MADAKA]

At present, I am using MATLAB R2016.1a version. In it there is no writematrix function. Could you please mention the equivalent function for writematrix in matlab R2016.1a

Answer 1

[ILoveMATLAB]

• Read the image using imread
• Save the matrix as a text file using writematrix

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

See attached demo. It writes out the coordinate and RGB values or gray levels to a CSV file.

[Image Analyst]

@VENKATA SUBBAIAH MADAKA I didn't hear back from you. Did the code work for you or not?

[VENKATA SUBBAIAH MADAKA]

I need the code for reading a gray scale image and write its pixel values in matrix form to a text file.

[Image Analyst]

The demo does that. Here, I 've made it less general so that it handles only gray scale, not both gray scale and RGB:

% Demo by Image Analyst
% Initialization Steps.
clc;    % Clear the command window.
close all;  % Close all figures (except those of imtool.)
clear;  % Erase all existing variables. Or clearvars if you want.
workspace;  % Make sure the workspace panel is showing.
format long g;
format compact;
fontSize = 20;
% Read in gray scale image.
fullFileName = 'cameraman.tif';
grayScaleImage = imread(fullFileName);
[rows, columns, numberOfColorChannels] = size(grayScaleImage)
if numberOfColorChannels > 1
    warningMessage = 'This is not a gray scale image.';
    uiwait(errordlg(warningMessage))
end
[x, y] = meshgrid(1:columns, 1:rows);
% Extract the individual gray levels.
% Need to cast to double or else x and y will be clipped to 255 when we concatenate them.
% Get array listing [grayLevel, x, y].  Using (:) will turn all the 2-D arrays into column vectors.
output = [grayScaleImage(:), x(:), y(:)];
% Get the output filename - same as input file name but with .csv extension.
[folder, baseFileNameNoExtension, extension] = fileparts(fullFileName);
baseFileName = [baseFileNameNoExtension, '.csv'];
% folder = pwd; % Change to current folder.
outputFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName);
% Write output to CSV file.
message = sprintf('Please wait...\n    Writing data to CSV file:\n        %s', outputFileName);
fprintf('%s\n', message);
csvwrite(outputFileName, output);
% Let user know we're done.
fprintf('Done!\n    Wrote data to CSV file:\n        %s\n', outputFileName);
% Open up
promptMessage = sprintf('Done!\n\nWrote data to CSV file:\n%s\n\nDo you want me to it now?', outputFileName);
titleBarCaption = 'Open?';
buttonText = questdlg(promptMessage, titleBarCaption, 'Yes - open it', 'No, do not open it', 'Yes - open it');
if contains(buttonText, 'No,')
    return;
end
winopen(outputFileName);