readcell

Create cell array from file.

📝 Syntax

• C = readcell(filename)

• C = readcell(filename, opts)

📥 Input argument

• filename - a string: filename source.

• opts - DelimitedTextImportOptions object

📤 Output argument

• C - a cell.

📄 Description

C = readcell(filename) creates a cell array by importing column-oriented data from a text or spreadsheet file.

C = readcell(filename, opts) creates a cell array using the settings defined in the opts import options object. The import options object allows you to customize how readcell interprets the file, offering greater control, improved performance, and the ability to reuse the configuration compared to the default syntax.

💡 Examples

Names = {'John'; 'Alice'; 'Bob'; 'Diana'};
Age = [28; 34; 22; 30];
Height = [175; 160; 180; 165];
Weight = [70; 55; 80; 60];
T = table(Names, Age, Height, Weight);
writetable(T, [tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'])
C = readcell([tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'])

Names = {'John'; 'Alice'; 'Bob'; 'Diana'};
Age = [28; 34; 22; 30];
Height = [175; 160; 180; 165];
Weight = [70; 55; 80; 60];
T = table(Names, Age, Height, Weight);
writetable(T, [tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'])
options = detectImportOptions([tempdir,'readcell_1.csv']);
C1 = readcell([tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'], options)
options.DataLines = [1 Inf]
C2 = readcell([tempdir,'readcell_1.csv'], options)

🔗 See also

writecell, detectImportOptions, writetable, readtable, fileread.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.10.0	initial version