Textscan

Hi

i am using text scan to read number 0012 but it is only reading it as 12.

fid1=fopen('input.dat','r') C=textscan(fid1,'%f',1); fclose(fid1);

i am using text scan as shown above.

Actually i want this number to be read as string. so right now i read the number and convert it to string. so any suggesstions in this case.

hope i have explained the question well

Answer 1

[Thomas]

try

fid1=fopen('input.dat','r');
C=textscan(fid1,'%s');
fclose(fid1);

%Edit
out=cell2mat(C{1})   % this is ur string displayed

[Haris Hameed]

it is giving me

'0012'

is there any way i can omit the ' ' inverted comma

[Thomas]

out=cell2mat(C{1})

[Jan]

The quote characters are not part of the data, but only displayed in the command window, if a cell is printed, which contains strings.

[Haris Hameed]

got it ! thankx