How to sort property -value pair in alphabetical order with Matlab

Question

I want to add a property-value pair to existing file. In the mean time all the properties should be ordered in alphabetical order. For example :

[Info] % proper         


        

Answer 1

Is this a .ini file? You might want to take a look at INIConfig from the MATLAB File Exchange, a set of routines for handling INI files arranged in a convenient class. I haven't used it, but perhaps it might do what you need.

If not, you can always:

1. Read in the file
2. Loop through it line by line
3. When you find a line starting with [ followed by a word alphabetically later than the property you'd like to insert, insert your property and value
4. Include the remainder of the file
5. Write the whole file back out again.