ARRANGING TEXT FILE?

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AHMET TATAR
AHMET TATAR on 8 Oct 2017
Commented: Cedric on 8 Oct 2017
Hi,
I am working on a dynamic analysis. I am trying to run ANSYS on MATLAB. Therefore I have to change some value in my text file. Text file is large but i need to change e few line as follows;
loadvari47rotz(2,1,1) = *0.174532925199433* ??CHANGING_LINE-1
loadvari47rotz(3,1,1) = *0.349065850398866* ??CHANGING_LINE-2
I want to change above value for each step. Text file is at attachment and you can find changing lines CTRL+F "??CHANGING_LINE-1" and "??CHANGING_LINE-1".
I will be so happy if you help me.
Best Regards, Ahmet TATAR

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Cedric
Cedric on 8 Oct 2017
Edited: Cedric on 8 Oct 2017
Here is an example, and then we can tailor the solution to your needs from there:
content = fileread( 'TEST.txt' ) ;
content = regexprep( content, '(?<=_loadvari47rotz\(2,1,1\) = )\S+', sprintf( '%f', 0.123 )) ;
content = regexprep( content, '(?<=_loadvari47rotz\(3,1,1\) = )\S+', sprintf( '%f', 0.456 )) ;
fId = fopen( 'TEST_updated.txt', 'w' ) ;
fwrite( fId, content ) ;
fclose( fId ) ;
This can easily be updated for matching/replacing other parts, looping through files, etc.
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 8 Oct 2017
To emphasize slightly: Cedric produces a new output file that has the right content, rather than changing the values "inside" the file. Updating a text file "in place" is only possible if the replacement text has exactly the same length as the original text. The update process is enough of a nuisance to do reliably that on the whole producing a new output file is easier and more reliable.

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AHMET TATAR
AHMET TATAR on 8 Oct 2017
Dear Cedric and Walter,
This is very helpful for me. thank you for information.
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Cedric
Cedric on 8 Oct 2017
Our pleasure!
And thank you Walter for the complement :)

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