Error reading text file using readtable

Hi,

I have a table (store in file.txt) of the form:

cats 1 2 3 4 5
dogs 6 7 8 9 0
chickens 3 4 5 6 1

Basically, a text file with row names followed by space separated integers. However when I try:

 T=readtable('file.txt','Delimiter',' ')

I get the following error:

 Error using table/readTextFile (line 250)
 Variable lengths must all be the same.

However each line in (T) is the same length! I have tried this with other files of the same format and it has worked.

I did try dlmread, however because the file has mixed types, this also does not work.

Any suggestions?

[Brendan Hamm]

If you could attach the .txt file that would be helpful.

Answer 1

[Peter Perkins]

This

   T=readtable('file.txt',' ',[0 1])

is not the correct way to call readtable. I have no idea what [0 1] is intended to be, but I assume that ' ' is intended to be the delimiter. Try this:

   T=readtable('file.txt','Delimiter',' ')

and check the documentation for more details. Hope this helps.

[Laila]

sorry that was a typo, have edited the question.