help mata cat()
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Title
[M-5] cat() -- Load file into string matrix
Syntax
string colvector cat(string scalar filename [, real scalar line1 [,
real scalar line2]])
Description
cat(filename) returns a column vector containing the lines from ASCII
file filename.
cat(filename, line1) returns a column vector containing the lines from
ASCII file filename starting with line number line1.
cat(filename, line1, line2) returns a column vector containing the lines
from ASCII file filename starting with line number line1 and ending with
line number line2.
Remarks
cat(filename) removes new-line characters at the end of lines.
Conformability
cat(filename, line1, line2):
filename: 1 x 1
line1: 1 x 1 (optional)
line2: 1 x 1 (optional)
result: r x 1, r>=0
Diagnostics
cat(filename) aborts with error if filename does not exist.
cat() returns a 0 x 1 result if filename contains 0 bytes.
Source code
cat.mata
Also see
Manual: [M-5] cat()
Help: [M-4] io
