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I want to delete the rows after the date. I tried using data(strcmp(data(:,1), 'END'), :) = [];. My data is 9*23 cell file. Can anyone tell me how to do in a loop?
'5/18/2015'
'END'
'ERROR(s) Encountered:'
''
'Check calibration'
'MVOR - Up or Down Sensor MilliVolt Over-Range value encountered!'
'Check gain adjustments or incident light conditions.'
''
'Check DLC DATE'

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 12 Jan 2016
data( find(strcmp(data(:,1), 'END'), 1, 'first'):end, :) = [];

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Sonisa
Sonisa on 12 Jan 2016
This is not working. I have attached a screenshot of my work. I want to delete after the date in each cell. For eg. in {1,1} cell there is 365*1 cell and I need data until the date.
Hope the screenshot will help.
Thanks again
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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 12 Jan 2016
It works fine for me on your sample data.
data = {'5/18/2015'
'END'
'ERROR(s) Encountered:'
''
'Check calibration'
'MVOR - Up or Down Sensor MilliVolt Over-Range value encountered!'
'Check gain adjustments or incident light conditions.'
''
'Check DLC DATE'
};
data( find(strcmp(data(:,1), 'END'), 1, 'first'):end, :) = [];
This leaves data as {'5/18/2015'}

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