MATLAB Repeat String n times with using textscan() using end of line wrap [duplicate]

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(Edited) We have a string and want it to be repeated, say 5 times, namely from

 str = '%s ';

to

'%s %s %s %s %s '

Question 1: How to specify in the the format argument in textscan() function, to create a new line every 5 strings? I'm looking for something like [repmat('%s', 1, 5) '%*[^\n]'] (this doesn't work).

Question 2: the [data] = textscan(fid, [repmat('%s', 1, 5) '%*[^\n]'], 'Delimiter',{','},'headerLines', 1) currently gives me a 1xn cell - how to convert this into a mxn matrix?;

Try repmat(str, 1, n)

Andrei Davydov
– Andrei Davydov

2017-05-23 17:01:47 +00:00
Commented May 23, 2017 at 17:01 — Andrei Davydov
– Andrei Davydov, Commented May 23, 2017 at 17:01

Devendra Lattu · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 18:20:16Z

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Use repmat to repeat copies of an array. Pass 1 row and n columns to represent it as an array.

>> str = '%s '; >> repmat(str, 1, 5) ans = %s %s %s %s %s

answered May 23, 2017 at 18:20

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fika_fika Over a year ago

I tried repmat(str, 1, 5) - however it doesn't wrap every 5 strings, please see my edited question. Thank you

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