Importing Data to Matlab

Question

I have a csv-file with data I want to import into Matlab. Since it is a mix of date and numbers I use:

data = textscan (fid,\'%s%s%n%n%n%n%n\',819500,\'headerlin         


        

Answer 1

Matlab often truncates the display of numbers to four decimal places, which is what may be happening. To check this, try forcing the formatting to five decimal places using fprintf:

>>> myNum = 1.24028;
>>> fprintf("%.5f", myNum)

        1.24028

Or by changing the formatting:

>>> myNum = 1.24028;
>>> format long
>>> myNum

    myNum = 

    1.2402800000