Re: Specific fixed width question...

[Francesco Potortì]

>> sscanf can extract formatted text well. e.g.:
>> 
>> sscanf("WA 053 011 Clark County             45","%*2c %*3d %3d %*25c %d")
>> sscanf("WA 053 027 Grays Harbor County      100,"%*2c %*3d %3d %*25c %d")
>> 
>> You can use fscanf to read the whole file:
>> 
>> fid = fopen("data.txt") ;
>> data = fscanf(fid,"%*2c %*3d %3d %*25c %d\n",[2,inf]) ;
>> fclose(fid) ;
>> cntys = data(1,:).' ;
>> data = data(2,:).' ;
>
>This works, but I find it hard to generalize.

Why hard?  Fixed-format is just a work for fscanf.  What do you find
hard? 

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