Read data file with mixed delimited columns

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I have a file with data like this:
Freq. V(out)
1.000000000e-003 4.030864362e-004,2.007296583e-002
1.000693387e-003 4.036453944e-004,2.008687294e-002
1.001387255e-003 4.042051275e-004,2.010078967e-002
There are thousands of rows
I would like to have two columns, where the first column is the same as above but the second column is a complex number, made up of the two parts of the comma delimited part, like this:
1.000000000e-003 4.030864362e-004+2.007296583e-002i
1.000693387e-003 4.036453944e-004+2.008687294e-002i
1.001387255e-003 4.042051275e-004+2.010078967e-002i
I have been using a text editor to remove the first line header, and the comma, to create what I am looking for.
Below is an example of the code. The data is in a file named RC_HighPassCartesian.txt
load RC_HighPassCartesian.txt
w=RC_HighPassCartesian(:,1); % Copy first column into vector w
w=w*2*pi; % Convert to radians
h1=RC_HighPassCartesian(:,2); % Copy second column into vector h1
h2=RC_HighPassCartesian(:,3); % Copy third column into vector h2
h2=h2*1i; % Multiply h2 column by imaginary unit i
h=h1+h2; % Create h as a complex valued vector
Is there a more elegant and direct way to do this?
Regards, Georgios

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Elias Gule
Elias Gule on 16 Jan 2018
Please try the attached code. It's not elegant but it does what you want.
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Georgios
Georgios on 16 Jan 2018
Thank you. It works. Qustion: Why do you add a zero valued imaginary component to the first column? It seems redundant.

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