On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Michael Barton <
address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm reading a large ascii file. I want to read entire lines of the file and
> store them as strings. Also, I need to be able to reference back in order
> to read following lines. Hopefully, this example can demonstrate what I'm
> trying to do.
>
> MyAsciiFile.txt
> This is the 1st line of the file.
> This is the 2nd line of the file.
> This is the 3rd line of the file.
>
> I/O CODE:
> MyFileID = fopen("MyAsciiFile.txt", "r");
> StringLine1 = SomeTextReadingFunction(MyFileID);
> StringLine2 = SomeTextReadingFunction(MyFileID);
> StringLine3 = SomeTextReadingFunction(MyFileID);
>
> IN OCTAVE MEMORY:
> StringLine1 = "This is the 1st line of the file."
> StringLine2 = "This is the 2nd line of the file."
> StringLine3 = "This is the 3rd line of the file."
>
> From sources online, the "textread" should accomplish this. When I run "doc
> textread", Octave finds no entries. I'm using version 3.0.1 on XP with out
> cygwin. Any suggestions?
>