My matlab function is in a folder that contains the main project and the other functions of the code. However, the data is stored in a folder withing the main one named "data" and inside the specific dataset that i want, for example "ded4" in this example. I can't figure out how to open the text file that I want without changing the file to the main folder. The code I have so far is:
function[Classify] = Classify(logDir)
%%%%logDir='ded014a04';
Directory = ['data/' logDir '/']
Filename = [logDir '-fixationsOffSet']
File_name = fullfile(Directory,Filename)
File = fopen(File_name,'r')
end
The code is in the 'dev' folder, I think my path is correct because when I do
open(File_name)
it opens.
Thanks for the help
If you want to open the file in the editor, use
open(File_name)
If you want to read data from the file, you can use
dlmread(File_name) % Read ASCII delimited file.
or
C = textscan(File,'FORMAT') % Read formatted data from text file or string.
or more low-level using fscanf, e.g., if the file contains three columns of integers you do the following: Read the values in column order, and transpose to match the appearance of the file: (from the help of fprintf)
fid = fopen('count.dat');
A = fscanf(fid,'%d',[3,inf])';
fclose(fid);
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I am really a newbie in matlab programming. I have a problem in coding to import multiple csv files into one from certain folder:
This is my code:
%% Importing multiple CSV files
myDir = uigetdir; %gets directory
myFiles = dir(fullfile(myDir,'*.csv')); %gets all csv files in struct
for k = 1:length(myFiles)
data{k} = csvread(myFiles{k});
end
I use the code uigetdir in order to be able to select data from any folder, because I try to make an automation program so it would be flexible to use by others. The code that I run only look for the directory and shows the list, but not for merging the csv files into one and read it in "import data". I want it to be merged and read as one file.
My merged file should look like this with semicolon delimited and consist of 47 csv files merged together (this picture is one of the csv file I have):
my merged file
I have been working for it a whole day but I find always error code. Please help me :(. Thank you very much in advance for your help.
As the error message states, you're attempting to reference myFiles as a cell array when it is not. The output of dir is a structure, which cannot be indexed like a cell array.
You want to do something like the following:
for k = 1:numel(myFiles)
filepath = fullfile(myFiles(k).folder, myFiles(k).name);
data{k} = csvread(filepath);
end
I want to read multiple files from a folder but this code does not work properly:
direction=dir('data');
for i=3:length(direction)
Fold_name=strcat('data\',direction(i).name);
filename = fullfile(Fold_name);
fileid= fopen(filename);
data = fread (fileid)';
end
I modified your algorithm to make it easier
Just use this form :
folder='address\datafolder\' ( provide your folder address where data is located)
then:
filenames=dir([folder,'*.txt']); ( whatever your data format is, you can specify it in case you have other files you do not want to import, in this example, i used .txt format files)
for k = 1 : numel(filenames)
Do your code
end
It should work. It's a much more efficient method, as it can apply to any folder without you worrying about names, number order etc... Unless you want to specify certain files with the same format within the folder. I would recommend you to use a separate folder to put your files in.
In case of getting access to all the files after reading:
direction=dir('data');
for i=3:length(direction)
Fold_name=strcat('data\',direction(i).name);
filename = fullfile(Fold_name);
fileid(i)= fopen(filename);
data{i-2} = fread (fileid(i))';
end
I'm writting a Matlab code that generates an array number and it should replace that each number in a text file (that already exists) and replace all instances with that. The number should be in string format. I've achieved this:
ita='"';
for i=1:size(z,2)
word_to_replace=input('Replace? ','s');
tik=input('Replacement? ','s');
coluna=input('Column? ');
files = dir('*.txt');
for i = 1:numel(files)
if ~files(i).isdir % make sure it is not a directory
contents = fileread(files(i).name);
fh = fopen(files(i).name,'w');
val=num2str(z(i,coluna));
word_replacement=strcat(tik,val,ita);
contents = regexprep(contents,'word_to_replace','word_replacement');
fprintf(fh,contents); % write "replaced" string to file
fclose(fh) % close out file
end
end
end
I want the code to open the file#1 ('file.txt'), find and replace all instances 'word_replacement' with 'word_to_replace' and save to the same file. The number of txt files is undefined, it could be 100 or 10000.
Many thanks in advance.
The problem with your code is the following statement:
contents = regexprep(contents,'word_to_replace','word_replacement');
You are using regular expressions to find any instances of word_to_replace in your text files and changing them to word_replacement. Looking at your code, it seems that these are both variables that contain strings. I'm assuming that you want the contents of the variables instead of the actual name of the variables.
As such, simply remove the quotations around the second and third parameters of regexprep and this should work.
In other words, do this:
contents = regexprep(contents, word_to_replace, word_replacement);
I have 4 folders in the same directory where each folder contains ~19 .xls files. I have written the code below to obtain the name of each of the folders and the name of each .xls file within the folders.
path='E:\Practice';
folder = path;
dirListing = dir(folder);
dirListing=dirListing(3:end);%first 2 are just pointers
for i=1:length(dirListing);
f{i} = fullfile(path, dirListing(i,1).name);%obtain the name of each folder
files{i}=dir(fullfile(f{i},'*.xls'));%find the .xls files
for j=1:length(files{1,i});
File_Name{1,i}{j,1}=files{1,i}(j,1).name;%find the name of each .xls file
end
end
Now I'm trying to import the data from excel into matlab by using xlsread. What I'm struggling with is knowing how to load the data into matlab within a loop where the excel files are in different directories (different folders).
This leaves me with a 1x4 cell named File_Name where each cell refers to a different folder located under 'path', and within each cell is then the name of the spreadsheets wanting to be imported. The size of the cells vary as the number of spreadsheets in each folder varies.
Any ideas?
thanks in advance
I'm not sure if I'm understanding your problem, but all you have to do is concatenate the strings that contain directory (f{}) and the file name. Modifying your code:
for i=1:length(dirListing);
f{i} = fullfile(path, dirListing(i,1).name);%obtain the name of each folder
files{i}=dir(fullfile(f{i},'*.xls'));%find the .xls files
for j=1:length(files{1,i});
File_Name{1,i}{j,1}=files{1,i}(j,1).name;%find the name of each .xls file
fullpath = [f{i} '/' File_Name{1,i}{j,1}];
disp(['Reading file: ' fullpath])
x = xlsread(fullpath);
end
end
This works on *nix systems. You may have to join the filenames with a '\' on Windows. I'll find a more elegant way and update this posting.
Edit: The command filesep gives the forward or backward slash, depending on your system. The following should give you the full path:
fullpath = [f{i} filesep File_Name{1,i}{j,1}];
Take a look at this helper function, written by a member of the matlab community.
It allows you to recursively search through directories to find files that match a certain pattern. This is a super handy function to use when looking to match files.
You should be able to find all your files in a single call to this function. Then you can loop through the results of the rdir function, loading the files one at a time into whatever data structure you want.
i have thousand files in a folder, however, i only need to extract out hundred files from the folder according to the filename listed in a text file into new folder. The filenames in text file is listed as a column..is that possible to be run by using matlab?what is the code shall i need to write? Thanks.
example:
filenames.txt is in the C:\matlab
folder include thousand files is named as BigFiles also in C:\matlab
files to be extracted from BigFiles folder is listed in column as below:
filenames.txt
a1sndh
sd3rfe
rgd4de
sd5erw
please advise...thanks...
Enumerate all files in a folder of a specific type (if needed) using:
%main directory to process
directory = 'to_process';
%enumerate all files (.m in this case)
files = dir(fullfile(directory,'*.m'));
numfiles = length(files);
fprintf('Found %i files\n',numfiles)
Then you could load the single column using one of the many file I/O functions in Matlab.
Then just loop through all the input names and check it's name against all the read in files (files{i}.name), and if so, move it.
EDIT:
From what I understood, you are looking for a solution along the lines:
filenames.txt
a.txt
b.txt
c.txt
.
.
.
moveMyFiles.m
%# read filenames listed in a text file
fid = fopen('C:\matlab\filenames.txt');
fList = textscan(fid, '%s');
fList = fList{1};
fclose(fid);
%# source/destination folder names
sourceDir = 'C:\matlab\BigFiles';
destDir = 'C:\matlab\out';
if ~exist(destDir,'dir')
mkdir(destDir);
end
%# move files one by one
for i=1:numel(fList)
movefile(fullfile(sourceDir,fList{i}), fullfile(destDir,fList{i}));
end
You can replace the MOVEFILE function by COPYFILE if you simply want to copy the files instead of moving them...