MATLAB: Searching for values that a particular variable takes in a single text file

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Hello,

I need to work on the values that a particular variable takes up at different times in a particular text file. I need these values so that I can compare them with a certain threshold level that I will set in the program. I am a new to MATLAB. Please help.

Thank you.

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If your text file contains only numbers, you can use

M=dlmread('YourFilename.txt')

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MATLAB: Create matrix with periodic increments

The function bsxfun is really handy for these kind of tasks:

>> X = [1;2;3;4;5;6];
>> Y = bsxfun(@plus,X,0:10:40);
>> Z = bsxfun(@plus,Y(:),0:20);
>> Z
Z =
    1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21
    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22
    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23
    4    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24
    5    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25
    6    7    8    9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26
   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31
   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32
   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33
   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34
   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35
   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36
   21   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41
   22   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42
   23   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43
   24   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44
   25   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45
   26   27   28   29   30   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46
   31   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51
   32   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52
   33   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53
   34   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54
   35   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55
   36   37   38   39   40   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56
   41   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61
   42   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62
   43   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63
   44   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64
   45   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65
   46   47   48   49   50   51   52   53   54   55   56   57   58   59   60   61   62   63   64   65   66

MATLAB: Frequency against every value

Bearing in mind that the number of data greater than 4 also includes the number of data greater than 4.1, what you are asking for is a cumulative histogram but in reverse.

The histcounts function does cumulative histogram (the 'cumcount' option of 'normalization'), but not in reverse. No matter, you can reverse the ordering of your data simply by negating it:

bins = 6:-0.1:3.9; %note that it's 3.9 instead of 4 due to the way histcounts treat the last bin
count = fliplr(histcounts(-data, -bins, 'Normalization', 'cumcount')

count is the reversed cumulative histogram starting at 4, finishing at 5.9. That is count(1) is the number of data > 4, count(2) the number > 4.1, ... count(99) the number > 5.9.

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