Read in a plain/text file in Matlab

I have a plain/text file which contains the following information:

    "Dukovany","Temelin","Prunerov","Pocerady","Chvaletice","Detmarovice","Tusimice II","Melnik II&III","Vresova","Opatovice","Melnik I","Kladno","Ostrava","Komorany","Ledvice","Tisova I","Trebovice","Porici","Plzen","Praha","Steti","Litvinov","Hodonin","Kladno II","Zlin","Krystovofy","Horni","Dlouhe","Dalesice","Orlik","Slapy","Lipno","Stechovice II","Kamyk","Stechovice I","Strekov","Vranov","Vrane","Nechranice","Ralsko","Veprek","Sevetin","Brno","Mimon","Vranovska","Stribro","Chomutov","Uhersky Brod","Chrudichromy","Letkow","Line"

I want to read it in Matlab. I tried

    infile = 'PowerPlantNames';
    data = load(infile,'-ascii');

But I get the following error: Error using load Unknown text on line number 1 of ASCII file PowerPlantNames ""Dukovany"". How can I read in my information?

[Eli Dim]

Part of the problem I solved (load can't be used in this case). Using the following command I was able to input the information:

    filename = 'PowerPlantNames.txt';
    powerplantnames = importdata(filename);

I attached the outputut (powerplantnames). How can I quickly separate the strings?

Answer 1

[per isakson]

Try

>> out = cssm();
>> out{1}(12:14)
ans = 
    'Kladno'
    'Ostrava'
    'Komorany'

where

function  cac = cssm()
    fid = fopen( 'PowerPlantNames.txt' );
    cac = textscan( fid, '%q', 'Delimiter',',' );
    fclose( fid );
end

and PowerPlantNames.txt contains the data of your question

Or using the file 1.mat

>> load 1
>> cac = textscan( powerplantnames{1}, '%q', 'Delimiter',',' );
>> cac{1}(12:14)
ans = 
    'Kladno'
    'Ostrava'
    'Komorany'

Answer 2

[Muthu Annamalai]

Original question is answered by

1. doc fileread

See split manipulation functions

1. doc strsplit
2. doc regexprep