Re: inconsistent results between textread and load

[kamaraju kusumanchi]

On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Philip Nienhuis
<address@hidden> wrote:
> kamaraju wrote
>> It looks like the same data file is read in different ways by textread
>> and load. Is this intentional? If not, can we make the default
>> behaviour consistent?
>
> Forgot to answer those questions (sorry):
>
> - Yes, it is intentional
>
> - No, load and textread serve different purposes; as a consequence they
> yield different output, dependent on the case at hand (as I mentioned in my
> other thread post).

Thanks for the explanation.

> Why do you want them to behave "consistent" (whatever it is you exactly mean
> by that) ? (just curious, and maybe we can help you further)

It is not that important. Whenever I want to read a text/data file, it
becomes a trial and error excercise to figure out the correct routine
that does the job. Instead, I feel like there should be some kind of
uniformity across functions that handle input.

I also agree that not a single function can do all the heavy lifting
of importing data, so for now I will just remember what works when and
how.