Importdata for a text file isn't importing all the data.

So, I am trying to import some text files and then write them to csv files but the importdata is not importing the entire text file.

importdata('NACA644421_test.txt')

is what I am using.

what is imported is a 1x1 struct with a 4x2 textdata cell and a 1x1 value. I made it look like code so you could see how the text file is delimited.

4x2 textdata:
'Xfoil polar. Reynolds number fixed. Mach  number fixed            '  ''
'Polar key  xf-naca644421-il-1000000-n5          '  ''
'Airfoil'  'naca644421-il'
'Reynolds number'  ''

1x1 value:
1000000

Below is the text file

Xfoil polar. Reynolds number fixed. Mach  number fixed            
Polar key  xf-naca644421-il-1000000-n5          
Airfoil  naca644421-il          
Reynolds number  1000000          
Ncrit  5          
Mach  0          
Max Cl/Cd  112.47          
Max Cl/Cd alpha  6.25          
Url  http://www.airfoiltools.com/polar/csv?polar=xf-naca644421-il-1000000-n5          
            
Alpha  Cl  Cd  Cdp  Cm  Top_Xtr  Bot_Xtr
-19.75  -1.0946  0.07661  0.07229  -0.0649  1  0.0205
-19.5  -1.0934  0.07371  0.06932  -0.066  1  0.0208
-19.25  -1.0917  0.07086  0.06642  -0.067  1  0.021
-19  -1.0888  0.06821  0.06371  -0.0678  1  0.0211
-18.75  -1.086  0.06561  0.06105  -0.0686  1  0.0213
-18.5  -1.0813  0.06325  0.05864  -0.0693  1  0.0216
-18.25  -1.0775  0.06081  0.05613  -0.07  1  0.0217
-18  -1.0706  0.05876  0.05404  -0.0705  1  0.0219
-17.75  -1.0665  0.0564  0.05163  -0.0711  1  0.0221
-17.5  -1.0623  0.05414  0.04933  -0.0716  1  0.0224
-17.25  -1.0576  0.05193  0.04709  -0.072  1  0.0227
-17  -1.0508  0.04999  0.04511  -0.0724  1  0.0229
-16.75  -1.0437  0.04809  0.04317  -0.0726  1  0.0231
-16.5  -1.0249  0.04594  0.04099  -0.0751  0.9626  0.0236
-16.25  -0.9801  0.04354  0.03852  -0.0832  0.9497  0.0241
-16  -0.9313  0.04123  0.0361  -0.092  0.9329  0.0246
-15.75  -0.8981  0.0395  0.03419  -0.0969  0.8996  0.0251
-15.5  -0.8867  0.03825  0.03278  -0.0969  0.8711  0.0253
-15.25  -0.8787  0.03688  0.0313  -0.0965  0.852  0.0257
-15  -0.8709  0.03553  0.02985  -0.096  0.8368  0.0261
-14.75  -0.8623  0.03427  0.02851  -0.0955  0.8222  0.0265
-14.5  -0.8528  0.03305  0.02722  -0.095  0.8094  0.0269

Any help is appreciated, Thanks.

Answer 1

[KSSV]

YOu can use readtable or a textscan. In textscan you can mention header lines and read only data. Read about textscan and readtable.

[Anton]

Will do! Thanks!