can't do a simple csvread for some reason

I'm just trying to do a csvread and I can't seem to get it working. I opened a text edit file (mac) and put:

1,2,3, 4,5,6, 7,8,9

Then saved it as 'csvtest'. Then I renamed the file in the browser window, changing the .rtf to .csv.

I then put that file in my MATLAB folder and in matlab I typed: -

 M   = csvread('csvtest.csv');

I got this error: -

Error in ==> Ass_2_data_A at 1

M = csvread('csvtest.csv');

Not sure what's going wrong

[Walter Roberson]

It just said "Error" and didn't say what the error was??

[Tom]

Sorry, I must have missed the full error. It said this:

??? Error using ==> dlmread at 145 Mismatch between file and format string. Trouble reading number from file (row 1, field 1) ==> {\rtf

Error in ==> csvread at 50 m=dlmread(filename, ',', r, c);

Error in ==> untitled at 1 M = csvread('csvtest.csv');

[Mark Hayworth]

You probably have something else in there, like a blank line, a header line, or something that's not a line with 9 numbers on it.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

A file that starts with {\rtf is not a csv file, it is a RTF file, which is a method of encoding text with formatting. You will need to use your editor to save the file as text instead of as RTF.

[Tom]

okay thanks.