Re: Specific fixed width question...

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Judd Storrs <jstorrs <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> sscanf can extract formatted text well. e.g.:
> 
> sscanf("WA 053 011 Clark County             45","%*2c %*3d %3d %*25c %d")
> sscanf("WA 053 027 Grays Harbor County      100,"%*2c %*3d %3d %*25c %d")
> 
> You can use fscanf to read the whole file:
> 
> fid = fopen("data.txt") ;
> data = fscanf(fid,"%*2c %*3d %3d %*25c %d\n",[2,inf]) ;
> fclose(fid) ;
> cntys = data(1,:).' ;
> data = data(2,:).' ;

This works, but I find it hard to generalize.  So I just used emacs macros and
kill-rectangle to edit a whole bunch of files -- the amount of my life spent
removing human readable formatting from data is amazing....

Thanks to all
 
> --judd
>