Re: inconsistent results between textread and load

[Philip Nienhuis]

kamaraju wrote
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 6:43 AM, Philip Nienhuis
> <

> address@hidden

> > wrote:
>> kamaraju wrote
> <snip>
>> 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.

Just give 'importdata.m' (in core Octave) a try.

It should automatically select the proper read routine for a wide collection
of file types.

Philip




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