I have to read a file like this
10001 3 5.0000 30.0 0.0000 25.6 0.0000 10.0
10002 1 25.0000 0.0000 4.6887 58.2
10003 5 45.0000 20.0 0.0000 14.7608
10004 5 65.0000 0.0000 8.8791
10005 1 85.0000 0.0000 6.3128 00.0
where the file format like this '%5i%5i%%10.4f%8.1f%10.4f%8.1f%10.4f%8.1f'
I'm using the following code
n_xyz_filename = input('\nSelect the file. ', 's');
n_xyz_file = fopen(n_xyz_filename, 'r');
n_xyz = textscan(n_xyz_file, '%5i%5i%10.4f%8.1f%10.4f%8.1f%10.4f%8.1f');
fclose(n_xyz_file);
But I keep on getting the following error
??? Error using ==> textscan Badly formed format string.
I really can't get it!
EDIT
As the answer said, the right code is:
n_xyz_filename = input('\nSelect the file. ', 's');
n_xyz_file = fopen(n_xyz_filename, 'r');
n_xyz = textscan(n_xyz_file, '%5d%5d%10.4f%8.1f%10.4f%8.1f%10.4f%8.1f');
fclose(n_xyz_file);
with the "d" (stand for decimal) instead of "i"
The problem is the format specifier i, which is not recognized by textscan. In case you wanted to indicate an integer, you should've used d. The correct syntax is therefore:
n_xyz = textscan(n_xyz_file, '%5d%5d%10.4f%8.1f%10.4f%8.1f%10.4f%8.1f');