import data from txt missing delimiters

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I am struggeling with importing data from a .txt file in my script, and i believe it is due to a '$' in my first coloumn. I have tried using csvread, textscan and importdata. The only thing i got to work was importdata, but it ignores the delimiters.
This is the command i use: "test = importdata(fullpathname,',')"
It gives me a 1291x1 array, which should have been a 1291x10.
I have attached the file im trying to import. Anyone got an idea how to import the data in different coloumns?
Thanks!

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Todd Leonhardt
Todd Leonhardt on 22 May 2016
Have you tried the readtable() command yet? http://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/readtable.html
It works very well with delimited files. It also allows you to specify an optional 'Format' if it doesn't work correctly out of the box.
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Todd Leonhardt
Todd Leonhardt on 22 May 2016
For the format string, try something like:
'$%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n%n#'
And since all of your numbers look like integers, maybe consider replace the "%n" which signifies a double precision float with %u for unsigned integer or %d for signed integer.

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