Reading a CSV ... problems

Hi

I have a .csv file in the following format:

    SimpleDB data file version 2.0
TIMESTAMP,mode_0[-],,state_0[-],,Run_0[h],,Feed_0[h],,gbkr_0[-],,bkrop_0[-],,Etot_0[kWh],,Eday_0[kWh],,Pac_0[kW],,Q_0[kVAr],,Iac_0[A],,Uac_0[V],,fac_0[Hz],,cphi_0[-],,Paclim_0[kW],,Qset_0[kVAr],,Pdc_0[kW],,Udc1_0[V],,Idc1_0[A],,Pdc1_0[kW],,Udc2_0[V],,Idc2_0[A],,Pdc2_0[kW],,Udc3_0[V],,Idc3_0[A],,Pdc3_0[kW],,Udc4_0[V],,Idc4_0[A],,Pdc4_0[kW],
1425254400002,???,AAG8/,0,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,false,AAG8/,0,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,0.000,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,10.000,AAG8/,0.000,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/
1425254401001,???,AAG8/,0,AAG8/......

It is a very big file, and as you can see contains a lot of NaN's and other strings. I have tried using csvread(), but it doesn't work. I get the

    Mismatch between file and format string.
  Trouble reading 'Numeric' field from file (row number 1, field number 2) ==>
  ???,AAG8/,0,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,false,AAG8/,0,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,0.000,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,10.000,AAG8/,0.000,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,AAG8/,NaN,A...

I have also tried xlsread(), and it kind of works, but only on a computer with excel installd, and I need it to work on any computer. Does anybody know how I can effectively read such a file, and sort the data under the right header collumns?

Regards Adam

Answer 1

[Michael Haderlein]

Reading should be possible with textscan. You can define the format of the data columnwise. Does it help?