Extract sentences of a specific pattern

I have opened an ascii file using the following code

fid=fopen('test.asc','r');
s = '';
while ~feof(fid)
   line = fgetl(fid);
   s = strvcat(s,line);
end

Now the file contains sentences of the following pattern:

after slot 16: adjust slottime 1.73149698229 side_stiffness 208.220358294
after slot 32: adjust slottime 1.28516669432 side_stiffness 215.966524494
after slot 48: adjust slottime 1.0 side_stiffness 241.34853159

What is the best way to extract all the sentences of this format.

Thanks

Answer 1

[per isakson]

Try

str = 'after slot 16: adjust slottime 1.73149698229 side_stiffness 208.220358294';
ptn = '^after slot \d+: adjust slottime [\d\.]+ side_stiffness [\d\.]+$';
ii = regexp( str, ptn, 'start' );
not( isempty( ii ) )

.

--- Cont. ---

I have coy&pasted the your three lines to cssm.asc. Try run

str = cssm(();

If that doesn't work try to modify the pattern, ptn, to match the lines in your real file.

    function str = cssm
        fid = fopen( 'cssm.asc', 'r' );
        cac = cell(0);
        ptn = '^after slot \d+: adjust slottime [\d\.]+ side_stiffness [\d\.]+$';
        while ~feof( fid )
            line = fgetl( fid );
            if not( isempty( regexp( line, ptn, 'start' ) ) )
                cac = cat( 1, cac, {line} );
            end
        end
        fclose( fid );

        str = char( cac );
    end

[Priya Narayanan]

I get this error when I put in my string (it is two dimension). What would be the best way to work aroind this

??? Error using ==> regexp

The first argument (STRING) must be a

one-dimensional array of char or cell arrays of

strings.

Answer 2

[Priya Narayanan]

 The content of my .asc file is as follows and I would like to extract all the sentences of the form
"after slot 16:...." and save it in the form of an array or structure.
Thanks

dir: /home/imt/therapist/005/therapy/20110808_Mon game: random_1 time: 095733 starting slottime: 2.0 starting stiffness: 200.0 after slot 16: adjust slottime 1.73149698229 side_stiffness 208.220358294 after slot 32: adjust slottime 1.28516669432 side_stiffness 215.966524494 after slot 48: adjust slottime 1.0 side_stiffness 241.34853159 after slot 64: adjust slottime 1.0 side_stiffness 242.027623793 after slot 80: adjust slottime 1.0 side_stiffness 247.294544674

pm display: slotnum 81 init 0 min_dist_from_target 4 robot_power 48 jerkmag 145 dist_straight_line 9 after slot 128: adjust slottime 1.0 side_stiffness 246.411422738

pm display: slotnum 161 init 0 min_dist_from_target 4 robot_power 42 jerkmag 137 dist_straight_line 7 after slot 176: adjust slottime 1.0 side_stiffness 246.162323485 after slot 224: adjust slottime 1.0 side_stiffness 248.961077598

pm display: slotnum 241 init 1 min_dist_from_target 3 robot_power 69 jerkmag 146 dist_straight_line 9 after slot 272: adjust slottime 1.0 side_stiffness 249.723937086

pm display: slotnum 321 init 0 min_dist_from_target 3 robot_power 60 jerkmag 151 dist_straight_line 7

[per isakson]

I cannot interpret this dump.