How to delete file columns?

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Bruno Souza
Bruno Souza on 24 Dec 2017
Commented: Bruno Souza on 24 Dec 2017
I've the file below, and I would like delete the columns 2, 3 and 4. And If It's possible, put a header file "In Temp" in column 1, and "Time" in column 5.
19.99475 0.00000000 1 1 01.00.00
19.93432 0.00000000 1 1 02.00.00
19.95047 0.00000000 1 1 03.00.00
19.94692 0.00000000 1 1 04.00.00
19.94284 0.00000000 1 1 05.00.00
19.93054 0.00000000 1 1 06.00.00
19.91392 0.00000000 1 1 07.00.00
19.91620 0.00000000 1 1 08.00.00
20.07122 0.00000000 1 1 09.00.00
30.74621 0.00000000 1 1 10.00.00
33.82622 0.00000000 1 1 11.00.00
24.26688 0.00000000 1 1 12.00.00
25.74946 0.00000000 1 1 13.00.00
27.38718 0.00000000 1 1 14.00.00
26.84582 0.00000000 1 1 15.00.00
26.75560 0.00000000 1 1 16.00.00
26.99042 0.00000000 1 1 17.00.00
28.62772 0.00000000 1 1 18.00.00
29.07095 0.00000000 1 1 19.00.00
29.41968 0.00000000 1 1 20.00.00
29.66041 0.00000000 1 1 21.00.00
29.82444 0.00000000 1 1 22.00.00
29.97447 0.00000000 1 1 23.00.00
30.05386 0.00000000 1 2 00.00.00
30.17622 0.00000000 1 2 01.00.00
26.37835 0.00000000 1 2 02.00.00
25.70272 0.00000000 1 2 03.00.00
...

Accepted Answer

Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 24 Dec 2017
fid = fopen('YourFile.txt', 'rt');
datacell = textscan(fid, '%s%*s%*s%*s%s', 'CollectOutput', true);
fclose(fid);
data_to_print = [{'ln Temp', 'Time'}; datacell{1}] .'; %transpose is important
fmt = '%8s%15s\n';
fid = fopen('NewFile.txt', 'wt');
fprintf(fid, fmt, data_to_print{:});
fclose(fid);

More Answers (1)

Image Analyst
Image Analyst on 24 Dec 2017
Try this to have the user specify the input file and the output file and create the output file.
% Have user browse for a file, from a specified "starting folder."
% For convenience in browsing, set a starting folder from which to browse.
startingFolder = pwd;
if ~exist(startingFolder, 'dir')
% If that folder doesn't exist, just start in the current folder.
startingFolder = pwd;
end
% Get the name of the file that the user wants to use.
defaultFileName = fullfile(startingFolder, '*.*');
[baseFileName, folder] = uigetfile(defaultFileName, 'Select input file');
if baseFileName == 0
% User clicked the Cancel button.
return;
end
fullInputFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName)
% Have user browse for a file, from a specified "starting folder."
% For convenience in browsing, set a starting folder from which to browse.
startingFolder = pwd;
if ~exist(startingFolder, 'dir')
% If that folder doesn't exist, just start in the current folder.
startingFolder = pwd;
end
% Get the name of the file that the user wants to use.
defaultFileName = fullfile(startingFolder, '*.*');
[baseFileName, folder] = uiputfile(defaultFileName, 'Select output file');
if baseFileName == 0
% User clicked the Cancel button.
return;
end
fullOutputFileName = fullfile(folder, baseFileName)
% Open the files.
inputFileID = fopen(fullInputFileName, 'rt');
outputFileID = fopen(fullOutputFileName, 'wt');
% Write hearder line to output file.
fprintf(outputFileID, 'In Temp Time\n');
% Read the first line of the file.
textLine = fgetl(inputFileID);
while ischar(textLine)
% Read the remaining lines of the file.
fprintf('%s\n', textLine);
% Read the next line.
textLine = fgetl(inputFileID);
if textLine == -1
% End of file so break
break;
end
% Delete columns 9-39
textLine(9:33) = [];
% Write the line out to the output file.
fprintf(outputFileID, '%s\n', textLine);
end
% All done reading all lines, so close the files.
fclose(inputFileID);
fclose(outputFileID);
% Open it in Notepad or whatever the default program for opening a text file is
winopen(fullOutputFileName);

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