Tab key reading problem

Good morning,

I'm trying to read in matlab a ".txt" with the following shape

"RechSt.CalculateP_Usage=0¶

RechSt.CalcWithMidTol=0¶

RechSt.ScoringStandard=0¶"

Having a tab key at the end of each line. When I read it with MATLAB it changes to a symbol like � and therefore, when trying to use the saving file in another software, it gives me an error because it doesn't read the symbol � as a tab key (¶).

How could I fix it?

Thanks in advance!

Sergio

[Walter Roberson]

Can you attach a sample file (using Attach, not copy and paste), and also show how you are doing the reading?

[Sergio Vez]

I send you the program, the imput file and the output file.

Thanks!

[Walter Roberson]

Everything looks fine to me on my system. I do not observe any problem.

[Walter Roberson]

Try changing

fileID = fopen('OUTPUT.txt','wt');

to

fileID = fopen('OUTPUT.txt', 'wt', 'n', 'ISO-8896-1');

It looks to me as if you are getting some UTF-8 encoding happening.

[Sergio Vez]

With 8896 it said

Error using fopen

The encoding 'ISO-8896-1' is not valid.

I changed it to ISO-8859-1 but yet not working. It puts a different symbol but not the tab key yet.

[Sergio Vez]

Could you help me please?

Answer 1

[Shivam Prasad]

Hi Sergio,

Check if this works for you.

s=importdata('inp.txt')

filePh = fopen('outp.txt','w');
fprintf(filePh,'%s\n',s{:});
fclose(filePh);