Read Numbers from .dat file in the format of a 3d matrix

Hi, I have a .dat file as below:

1, 2, 4, 2, 4

3, 4, 6, 1, 5

...

They are 40 numbers, 8 lines and 5 columns.

Now,

I want to read it by matlab as a 3d matrix: 4*2*5

If you suggest textscan please give me some hints how to use it. Thanks alot!

Answer 1

[Jan]

There are many different versions to reshape the data to 4x2x5. Perhaps you want:

fid = fopen(FileName, 'r');
if fid == -1, error('Cannot open file for reading.'); end
data = fscanf(fid, '%g,%g,%g,%g,%g', [5, Inf]);
data = reshape(transpose(data), [4,2,5])
fclose(fid);

[Hossein]

Thanks alottttttttttttt!!!