Import .txt file and sorting the data from the title

.txt looks like this:

R_ASIS_X  1015.56
R_ASIS_Y  218.86
R_ASIS_Z  939.91

I need to import this data from the .txt into matlab variables. I need a way to search for each variable like 'R_ASIS_X' and then when it's found in the .txt I need to save the corresponding data to the right into a variable.

Can somebody help me with this?

[madhan ravi]

Can upload the text file?

[Rodeo Thompson]

this is it. Do you know a way to search the txt for certain string and then get the value to the right?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Your data file does not have variables named 'position' or 'speed' or 'acceleration'. But you can do, for example,

t = readtable('Marker Coordinate Data.txt', 'ReadVariableName', 0, 'ReadRowNames', 1);

R_ASIS_X = t{'R_ASIS_X', 1};

[Rodeo Thompson]

really really helpful. Thanks a lot.

Answer 2

[ahmed nebli]

this link may help you https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fscanf.html