csvread returns values divided by 1000

I am trying to load the following elements contained in a file into an array using csvread:

6000,-0.7432,-0.3915,0.1419,0.0000,0.0000,3,9,8,233
6100,-0.7432,-0.3915,0.1419,0.0000,0.0000,3,9,8,233
6200,-0.7432,-0.3915,0.1419,0.0000,0.0000,3,9,8,233
6300,-0.7432,-0.3915,0.1419,0.0000,0.0000,3,9,8,233

When I do the csvread I get the following result:

m = csvread('c:\gps test output\matlab1.gps')

m =
   1.0e+03 *
  Columns 1 through 6
    6.0000   -0.0007   -0.0004    0.0001         0         0
    6.1000   -0.0007   -0.0004    0.0001         0         0
    6.2000   -0.0007   -0.0004    0.0001         0         0
    6.3000   -0.0007   -0.0004    0.0001         0         0
  Columns 7 through 10
    0.0030    0.0090    0.0080    0.2330
    0.0030    0.0090    0.0080    0.2330
    0.0030    0.0090    0.0080    0.2330
    0.0030    0.0090    0.0080    0.2330

Why is there a 1.0e+03 * at the beginning of the output and why aren't the values in the file properly loaded into the matrix m?

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

‘Why is there a 1.0e+03 * at the beginning of the output and why aren't the values in the file properly loaded into the matrix m?’

The ‘1e+03’ means that all the elements in the entire matrix is multiplied by 1000 from the way they are displayed. The values in matrix ‘m’ have been imported and exist correctly.

[Andrew Cruce]

Is there a way to get the values properly displayed in the matrix without the 1000 multiplication?

[Star Strider]

Experiment with the format function.

Other possibilities are fprintf and sprintf with the appropriate format descriptors.