MATLAB: Import columns from a CSV by header name

csv importselect headers

I want to create a script to import a csv file, where the header is 3 rows, but the header does not start until the 8th row. I want to be able to search the csv file and pull out only the headers of interest. I typically have just edited the csv before import, but would rather not have that extra step.

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The csvread function is capable of doing what you want to do.

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MATLAB: Import csv files with sequential names

See FAQ: Import sequence of files . You cannot import "all files at once", but you import one after the other in a loop.

Folder  = 'C:\You\Folder';
DirList = dir(fullfile(Folder, '*.SAWS'));
for iFile = 1:numel(DirList)
   File = fullfile(Folder, DirList(iFile).Name);
   ... import the contents of the file and do what you want
end

MATLAB: CSV with multiple headers

You might be able to use textscan(), processing a piece at a time. If not, then you will have to use more basic I/O such as fgetl() and parse it yourself.

dlmread() and csvread() will be useless for this purpose.

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