MATLAB: What is the role of the whitespace parameter in the TEXTSCAN function in MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a)

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I would like to use the TEXTSCAN funtion in MATLAB 7.8 (R2009a), but do not know the role of the 'whitespace' parameter.

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This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2010b (R2010b). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

Whitespace is the default delimiter property when reading strings. When 'whitespace' is not set, strings are parsed between any 'whitespace' characters. When 'whitespace' is set to somethign more specific, like '\n', strings are only parsed between the instances of '\n.'

Note in the below examples how the string format specifier behaves differently:

test1 = textscan('string1 string2', '%s', 1)
test1 = textscan('string1 string2', '%s', 1, 'whitespace','')
%recapture space delimiter
test1 = textscan('string1 string2', '%s', 1, 'whitespace', '', 'delimiter', ' ')

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MATLAB: Does TEXTSCAN ignore the whitespace parameter in MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1)

This enhancement has been incorporated in Release 2006b (R2006b). For previous product releases, read below for any possible workarounds:

There is an issue in MATLAB 7.0.1 (R14SP1) in the way that TEXTSCAN handles the %s format with a custom whitespace option. To work around this issue, you can clean the resulting data using the STRREP command. For example, you might use:

A{2} = strrep(A{2},'"','');

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