csvread

Reading an array from a CSV file

Usages

csvread(path)

• It reads an array from a CSV file with the path path.
• The file should contain only numeric values (i.e., real and complex numbers); non-numeric data (such as characters) cannot be read.
• path should be a character vector representing the path of the file to be read.
• It only reads files of extensions csv, dat, and txt.

csvread(path, r1, c1)

• path is as described above.
• The index r1 is a real integer $\geq 0$, specifying the first row of the CSV file to be read. r1 == 0 refers to the first row in the file. r1 should be strictly less than the number of rows in the file.
• The index c1 is a real integer $\geq 0$, specifying the first column of the CSV file to be read. c1 = 0 refers to the first column in the file. c1 should be strictly less than the number of columns in the file.

csvread(path, r1, c1, [r1 c1 r2 c2])

• path is as described above.
• The indexes r1 and r2 are real integers $\geq 0$, specifying the starting and final rows to be read, respectively. Zero refers to the first row in the file, and r1 and r2 should be strictly less than the number of rows in the file. Moreover, r1 <= r2 should hold.
• r1 in the second and the last arguments should have the same values.
• The indexes c1 and c2 are real integers $\geq 0$, specifying the starting and final columns to be read, respectively. Zero refers to the first column in the file, and c1 and c2 should be strictly less than the number of columns in the file. Moreover, c1 <= c2 should hold.
• c1 in the third and the last arguments should have the same values.

Examples

• Write an array a to a file, and then read it back as b.

Input

a = rand(3,4)
path = './../csv/data/a.csv';
csvwrite(path,a);
b = csvread(path)

Output

a = 1e-1 ×
 8.452   9.059   6.624   8.596
 9.679   8.034   0.183   6.887
 0.980   7.559   6.545   7.754

Array written to debug/csv/data/a.csv successfully.

Array read from debug/csv/data/a.csv successfully.

b = 1e-1 ×
 8.452   9.059   6.624   8.596
 9.679   8.034   0.183   6.887
 0.980   7.559   6.545   7.754

• Reading an array from a CSV file, starting from the third row (r1 == 2) and the second column (c1 == 1).

Input

a=rand(3,4)
path='./../csv/data/a.csv';
csvwrite(path,a);
b=csvread(path,2,1)

Output

a = 1e-1 ×
 7.477   4.001   0.084   3.789
 0.297   8.877   6.255   7.504
 1.033   0.067   5.767   1.423

Array written to debug/csv/data/a.csv successfully.

Array read from debug/csv/data/a.csv successfully.

b = 1e-1 ×
 0.067   5.767   1.423

• Reading the last row (r1 == 2, r2 == 2) and columns 2-3 (c1 == 1,c2 == 2) of a CSV file.

Input

% Input
a=rand(3,4)
path='./../csv/data/a.csv';
csvwrite(path,a);
b=csvread(path,2,1,[2 1 2 2])

Output

% Output
a = 1e-1 ×
 4.496   3.148   9.530   0.040
 4.412   8.323   5.474   3.422
 0.176   3.053   3.370   0.978

Array written to debug/csv/data/a.csv successfully.

Array read from debug/csv/data/a.csv successfully.

b = 1e-1 ×
 3.053   3.370