Re: fscanf

[Joao Cardoso]

Thomas Walter wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Joao" == Joao Cardoso <address@hidden> writes:
> 
>     Joao> Thomas Walter wrote:
>     >>
>     >> Hello,
>     >> is it only me who has problems with 'fscanf' and friends?
>     >>
>     >> I have measured data in a data file written as ASCII, i.e.:
>     >> 10  123.4
>     >> 20  234.5
>     >> 30  345.6
>     >> 40  456.7
>     >> 50  567.8
>     >> 60  678.9
>     >>
>     >> This is data in one line belongs together.  In this case I have 2
>     >> columns and the number of lines/rows is unknown, bu defined by EOF.
>     >> If I read the data with this knowledge I always jump into the same
>     >> pit.  The 'fscanf' function wants lines and colomuns in the opposited
>     >> order.
>     >>
>     >> Apart from that the matrix I get has the size 2x6, this means:
>     >> 10 20 30 40 50 60
>     >> 123.4 234.5 345.6 456.7 567.8 678.9
>     >>
>     >> Is this behaviour only strange for me?

It seems that the doc is not updated.

a=fscanf(f,"%f",[2, inf])' do what you want, I guess, but does not do
the same thing as

a=fscanf(f,"%f",2)' as the online help suggests:

  NR : read as much as possible, returning a matrix with NR rows
 [NR, Inf] : same as NR

octave:54> a=fscanf(f,"%g",[2,inf])
a =

   10.000   20.000   30.000   40.000   50.000   60.000
  123.400  234.500  345.600  456.700  567.800  678.900

ans = 0
octave:55> a=fscanf(f,"%g",[2])
a =

   10.000
  123.400

ans = 0


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