How to read a list of strings in a txt file?

Dear All,

I need to read a txt file which contains a list of names with different lengths. Here is my txt file:

mynames:

OAKFIELD

5556_T

ROLLINS

......

I need to read those names to store them in a string array MyNames. MyNames should be like below:

MyNames = [

'OAKFIELD'

'5556_T'

'ROLLINS'

......

];

Here is my code:

fid = fopen(FileName, 'r');

if fid < 0, error('Cannot open file'); end

while KKK < 30000 % Infinite loop

s = fgets(fid);

if ischar(s)

MyNames = [MyNames; s];

else % End of file:

break;

end

end

But what I got is Not correct. MyNames is an array having 10 coulmns and shows as

'CHSTRSVC←↵'

'5556_T'←↵'

'ROLLINS←↵'

...

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Unless I am missing something, ‘KKK’ is never incremented inside the while loop, so it will in fact be infinite.

If you are actually using ‘KKK’ as a counter (and therefore incrementing it), this could work:

MyNames{KKK} = s;

That creates a cell array, and while that can create additional steps required to recover its contents later, it could be an effective approach.

A better approach could be readtable. The first variable would be the names, and you could simply ignore the others.

.

[Benson Gou]

KKK does not control the process of the code. if ischar(s) controls the code. If it is Not true, then the code stops.

If use MyNames{KKK} = s, MyNames is actually a cell array. But how can I convert it into a string array?

Thanks a lot.

Benson

[Benson Gou]

I tried to use MyNames{KKK} = s, but I got the same thing.

MyNames =

1×2 cell array

{'CHSTRSVC←↵'} {'ORRINGTN←↵'} ...

[Benson Gou]

I used data = sscanf(s, '%s %s'), and got the right cell array MyNames:

{'OAKFIELD'} {'OAKFIELD'} {'5556_T'} {'ROLLINS'} {'ROLLINS'} {'STETSON'} ...

Thanks a lot for all of you.

Benson

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!