MATLAB: CSV: Create New Headerline

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In a CSV file, I would like to replace (delete) a headerline, first line, and create a new headerline. So the CSV file is (for this example I applied extra spaces to make it more readable):
State,          Tornado,      Hurricane,    Earthquake,
Texas,              34,           5,             0,
Indiana,             8,           0,             2,
California,          2,           2,             20,
North Carolina,      1,          10,             1,
So now I need to delete the first headerline and replace it with a new headerline — ST TOR HUR EAR — see below:
    ST,            TOR,          HUR,        EAR,
    Texas,         34,           5,            0,
    Indiana,        8,           0,            2,
    California,     2,           2,           20,
    North Carolina, 1,          10,            1,
Thanks,
Amanda

Best Answer

Assuming that there is no comma but tabs ( \t ) as delimiters, I give you one way to do it:
 % - Read input file data content (without header).
 fid_in = fopen('myFile.csv', 'r') ;             % Open input file for reading.
 fgetl(fid_in) ;                                 % Skip header line in input file.
 content = fread(fid_in) ;                       % Read rest of input file.
 fclose(fid_in) ;                                % Close input file.
 % - Write output file: new header + previous data content.
 fid_out = fopen('myFile_newHeader.csv', 'w') ;  % Open input file for writing.
 fprintf(fid_out, 'ST\tTOR\tHUR\tEAR\n') ;       % Output new header.
 fwrite(fid_out, content) ;                      % Output previous data content.
 fclose(fid_out) ;                               % Close output file.
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