How to make variable names the same as the column headers when importing?
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My column headings are V(001), I(B54)... There are thousands of them.
Currently if I use the import wizard, the column headers do not get used for the variable names. Matlab assigns VarName1, VarName2,...
I am importing a text file.
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per isakson
on 15 Apr 2015
"Is there a way to have Matlab remove the parenthesis?"
- With importdata   AFAIK: No!
- With textscan   Yes, but it takes a some lines of code.
Questions
- Do you really want 3400 separate variables?
- Do you know the types of the data in each column - string or numerical?
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Image Analyst
on 16 Apr 2015
I think the best approach is to use readtable() so that your fields have the names of your column headers. I think it will throw out the parentheses though.
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