I want to read text file with numeric data with line breaks every few thousand lines?

Hello, I have a large text file in the format: '%s %s %s %d %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %s'.

Within the rows there are breaks in the data denoted by '---BREAK IN DATA ---'.

I have determined the location of each break by using: row_idx = find(~cellfun('isempty',strfind(data,'--- BREAK IN DATA ---')));

How can I read all the rows of data between each break in the data? With textscan I can read up to the first break in the data and then it is cutoff.

Thank you!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

If it is acceptable to read all of the data, then

datacell = textscan(fid, '%s %s %s %d %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %f %s', 'CommentStyle', '--- BREAK IN DATA ---');

[Jorge Mario Guerra González]

I didn't know one can do that ...great

[Greydon Gilmore]

That works perfectly! Thank you.