Read Date time series format
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Life is Wonderful
on 17 Aug 2019
Edited: per isakson
on 14 Sep 2019
I want to read Date and time series from below format
% file.txt has time formatted data
[0803/135825.745523:GGBB:main.cc(182)]
[0803/135825.746634:NNFF:boat_control_xhramyos.cc(137)]
% My Code is as follows
VariableNames = {'Date'};
VariableWidths = [20]
VariableTypes = {'datetime'};
opts = fixedWidthImportOptions('VariableNames','SelectedVariableNames', [1]);
opts = setvaropts(opts, 'Date', 'InputFormat', 'MMdd/HHmmss.SSSSSS');
Content.update_engine = readtable('file.txt', opts);
I am getting following error as I am unable to read the time properly.
Warning: Unable to convert one or more variables to datetime. Specify the correct
InputFormat and DatetimeLocale properties in the DatetimeVariableImportOptions.
> In matlab.io.internal.functions.ReadTableWithImportOptionsText/executeImpl (line 82)
In matlab.io.internal.functions.ReadTableWithImportOptions/executeImpl (line 18)
In matlab.io.internal.functions.ReadTableWithImportOptionsText/execute (line 122)
In matlab.io.internal.functions.ReadTableWithImportOptions/execute (line 25)
In matlab.io.internal.functions.ExecutableFunction/validateAndExecute (line 98)
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Guillaume
on 19 Aug 2019
Can you please suggest someting else that is easy to do
Stick to one file format, the fixed width one in your previous question. Or use an even better one (e.g. comma delimited with text in quoted strings)
Otherwise, I'm afraid there's no easy way to do it. You'll have to use regexp or write your own parser.
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Life is Wonderful
on 20 Aug 2019
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Walter Roberson
on 20 Aug 2019
The conversion looks perfect when I try.
timestamps.Format = 'dd-MMM-uuuu HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS';
>> timestamps(1:2)
ans =
1×2 datetime array
03-Aug-2019 13:58:25.745523 03-Aug-2019 13:58:25.746634
>> S(1:100)
ans =
'[0803/135825.745523:INFO:main.cc(182)] A/B Update Engine starting
[0803/135825.746634:INFO:boot_cont'
745523 and 746634 exactly match the input text.
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Walter Roberson
on 19 Aug 2019
S = fileread('update_engine.txt');
timestamps = regexp(S, '^.(.{18})', 'lineanchors', 'match');
ts_dt = datetime(timestamps, 'InputFormat', 'MMdd/HHmmss.SSSSSS');
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