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Loading Files MATLAB

1. The document describes three options for loading data files into MATLAB: directly loading the entire file, loading and assigning variable names, and loading a subset of the data. 2. It provides an example of directly loading sample3.dat, then computing statistics like mean and standard deviation of the loaded data. 3. Another example loads sample3.dat and assigns the data to variable D, then assigns columns to variables x and y for separate analysis and plotting. 4. The third option involves opening the file, selecting a range to import only a subset, which are given temporary variable names for manipulation.

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Loading Files MATLAB

1. The document describes three options for loading data files into MATLAB: directly loading the entire file, loading and assigning variable names, and loading a subset of the data. 2. It provides an example of directly loading sample3.dat, then computing statistics like mean and standard deviation of the loaded data. 3. Another example loads sample3.dat and assigns the data to variable D, then assigns columns to variables x and y for separate analysis and plotting. 4. The third option involves opening the file, selecting a range to import only a subset, which are given temporary variable names for manipulation.

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IllustrationoftheloadfacilityinMATLAB

[Link]:

Figure1

TherearesomeoptionsofwaysofloadingsuchdatafilesintoMATLABasillustratedbelow:

1. Loadingthedatadirectly
[Link]:
>>[Link]
Thesystemrespondsbyechoingthefollowingdetailsinthecommandwindow.
sample3=

1.120027.3000
3.080037.6000
5.250046.0000
8.750050.6000
12.300056.1000
16.100059.2000
30.200065.0000

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Oncethedataisloadedyoucannowapplybuiltinoruserdefinedfunctionstocomputecharacteristics
ofthedata:
>>formatcompact
%Computethesquarerootoftheentriesofthedataset
>>sqrt(sample3)
ans=
1.05835.2249
1.75506.1319
2.29136.7823
2.95807.1134
3.50717.4900
4.01257.6942
5.49558.0623

%Computethemeanandstandarddeviationsfortheset

>>mean(sample3)
ans=
10.971448.8286
>>std(sample3)
ans=
9.956613.0554

2. Loadingandassigningavariablenametothedataset
Thisisparticularlyusefulifyouwouldliketotreatthevariouscolumnsofdatainthedatasetdifferently.
Asanexamplethecommandsusedinoption1aresummarized,thenexpandedinthefollowingscript.
[Link]
[Link]
andrunitMATLABforpractice.

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%Example loading and naming a data file. For brevity


%name the data set D
D = load('[Link]');
%Assign variable name x to the first column; and
%variable y to the second column
x = D(:,1);
y = D(:,2);
meanx = mean(x)
stdevx= std(x)
rootx = sqrt(x)
meany = mean(y)
stdevy= std(y)
rooty = sqrt(y)
plot(x,y,'*')
xlabel('x'), ylabel('y')
grid
Wewilluseasimilarscriptforfittinglinesandcurvesthroughdatalaterintheclass.

3. Loadingmultiplerowsandcolumnsbutusingonlyasubsetofthedata
[Link]
[Link],[Link],[Link].
Hereweloadsample3.datasshownearlierinFigure1.NoticeintheRangewindowofFigure1wesee
thattherangeofdataisindicatedasA1:[Link]
sideoftheImportationwindowtoImportSelectionthatmeansyouwillimportdatainthewhole
range,i.e.All7rowsofcolumnsAandB.
(a) Nowsupposewewantedignorethefirstrowaswouldbethecaseifrow1hadlabelsthatare
[Link]
windowandchangingrangefromA1:B7toA2:B7.Thiswillresultinrows2to7ofboth
[Link]
ImportSelectionicon,thisloadthesubsethighlightedinblueasshownbelowinFigure2

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Figure2
[Link]
wishtodisplaythesetwonewlycreatedarrayswhicharesubsetsofsample3yougetthe
following.

>>[VarName1,VarName2]
ans=
3.080037.6000
5.250046.0000
8.750050.6000
12.300056.1000
16.100059.2000
30.200065.0000

(b) Nowsupposewewantedtousethesubsetwithrow3torow6ofbothcolumns;thenwewould
needtoadjustthedataRangefromA1:B7toA3:B6asshowninFigure3below:

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Figure3

Contentsofthevariablescreatedinthissubsetimportationstepwillbesavedinthetemporaryvariable
namesVarName1,VarName2;thevaluesofwhichareechoedattheMATLABpromptas:
>>[VarName1,VarName2]
ans=
5.250046.0000
8.750050.6000
12.300056.1000
16.100059.2000

Inallcasesinvolvingsubsetsoftheoriginaldataset,itisnowpossibletomanipulatethatdata
asdesiredusingbuiltinoruserdefinedfunctions.

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