parseBrainAmpFile will read and parse the specified file which was exported from the brainamp

parseBrainAmpFile.matlab

function output = parseBrainAmpFile(filename)
%parseBrainAmpFile   Read in and parse a BrainAmp File
%
%   parseBrainAmpFile(filename) will read in the specified file
%   which was exported from the brainamp
%
%   output is struct containing two members:
%       names - a matrix where each row is the name of the data row
%       values - a [#names * #samples] matrix containing the data


%% Calculate Number of Samples
% Reads in first line
fid = fopen(filename);
line = fgetl(fid);
fclose(fid);
firstLine = textscan(line, '%s', 'CollectOutput', true);
numSamples = size(firstLine{1},1) - 1;


%% Parse File
fid = fopen(filename);
format = ['%s ' repmat('%f', [1 numSamples]) '%*[^\n\r]'];
fileData = textscan(fid, format, 'CollectOutput', true);
fclose(fid);


%% Format Output
output.names = cell2mat(fileData{1});
output.values = fileData{2};


end     % end function