How to write Continue Long Statements on Multiple Lines ?

formatSpec = '%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%f%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%f%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%C%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%[^\n\r]';

[dpb]

Quit posting same Q? over and over...

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Use repmat to avoid manually typing all 160 of those ‘%q’ repeats!

Try this:

formatSpec = ['%f',repmat('%q',1,160), '%[^\n\r]'];

[Vuqar Samedov]

How can I write as long as my dear Star Strider friend?

I need to write a long form, but without error.

formatSpec = '%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%f%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%f%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%C%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%[^\n\r]';

[Star Strider]

First, use my code, or that of others who have responded to your series of related Questions. They are easier and less prone to error.

Second, it is not possible to break up that long character array into several lines of arbitrary length. Every continued line has to be the same length.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

formatSpec = ['%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q' ...
              '%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q' ...
              '%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%f%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q' ...
              '%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%f%q%q%f%q' ...
              '%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q' ...
              '%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q' ...
              '%q%q%q%C%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q' ...
              '%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q' ...
              '%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%[^\n\r]' ];

or

formatSpec =  "%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q" + ...
              "%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q" + ...
              "%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%f%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q" + ...
              "%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%f%q%q%f%q" + ...
              "%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q" + ...
              "%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q" + ...
              "%q%q%q%C%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q" + ...
              "%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%f%q%q%q%q" + ...
              "%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%q%[^\n\r]" ;

Answer 3

[Vuqar Samedov]

Dear friend Walter Roberson,

I am very grateful to you for your help. Thank you very much.

[Walter Roberson]

But using repmat is a much better approach.