How to parse variables independent of order
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I am currently opening a file and parsing arguments in the following way:
ReadParam = 'h0 = %f f0 = %f';
fid = fopen(file);
params = textscan(fid, readParam, 'Delimiter', '\n');
fclose(fid);
h0 = params{1};
f0 = params{2};
disp(h0);
disp(f0);
However, this method assumes a specific order to h0 and f0, by the way readParam and params are defined. How would I parse the argument in such a way that order doesn't matter? This is because in "file", they can be switched (and there are more variables, this is just an example). Thanks!
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Stephen23
on 16 Nov 2018
Edited: Stephen23
on 16 Nov 2018
It would help most if you uploaded a sample file, so we have something to work with. But here is a simple working example of how to read a file matching your description (you did not upload a sample data file, so I had to create my own test file (attached)) and convert its contents into a structure. Then the order of the contents is irrelevant:
fmt = '%s%f';
opt = {'Delimiter','='};
[fid,msg] = fopen('temp2.txt','rt');
assert(fid>=3,msg)
C = textscan(fid,fmt,opt{:});
fclose(fid);
D = [strtrim(C{1}),num2cell(C{2})].';
S = struct(D{:});
Giving:
>> S.h0
ans = 1.2300
>> S.f0
ans = 4.5600
>> S.z
ans = 6.7890
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