using fscanf to sort x and y values into vectors

I have attached the data file I am referencing. I need to separated the x-values and the y-values into two separate vectors. This is what I have created:

function [x,y]= week8_4_1(filepath)
%This function will read from a data file and extract all x and y data
%values, and put them into vectors
 
[fid,msg]=fopen(filepath);
 
if fid==-1
    disp(msg);
else 
    mat=fscanf(fid,'x %f y %f\n',[2,inf]);
    x=mat(1,:);
    y=mat(2,:);
    
    status=fclose(fid);
    if status~=0
        disp('File could not be closed');
    else
        disp('File closed successfully');
    end
end
end

I keep getting an error when I try to run the program saying:

Index in position 1 exceeds array bounds.

Error in week8_4_1 (line 11)
    x=mat(1,:);

I'm not sure what is wrong with my code. Any help is appreciated!

[Walter Roberson]

The format did not match the data so mat was empty. Or the file was empty.

[Caitlin Schmidt]

I'm not sure what you mean/how I should go about fixing this?

[Walter Roberson]

You could attach the data file so that we could examine it.

[Caitlin Schmidt]

I cannot attach it because it is a .dat file.

[Walter Roberson]

See my response on your other question

Answer 1

[Chidvi Modala]

I see your mat file is empty that could be the reason behind this error. I assume that you are trying to read data from data file by excluding the characters ‘x’, ‘y’ and the data file has data in the below format

x2 y3

x4 y5

Try replacing mat=fscanf(fid,'x %f y %f\n',[2,inf]); with mat = fscanf(fid,[’x’ ‘%f’ ‘ y’ ‘%f\n’],[2 inf]);

You can refer to https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/fscanf.html to see how to skip special characters in file using ‘fscanf’.

[Walter Roberson]

I do not see how that change can make any difference. Computing a character vector with [] of static parts that are all character vectors is the same as just hardcoding the complete vector, except hypothetically in cases of errors in the execution engine or JIT