Import and sort data

MATLAB/beefblup.m

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+% beefblup
+% Main script for performing single-variate BLUP to find beef cattle
+% breeding values
+% Usage: beefblup
+% (C) 2018 Thomas A. Christensen II
+% Licensed under BSD-3-Clause License
+
+% Prepare the workspace for computation
+clear
+clc
+close all
+
+% Import data from a suitable spreadsheet
+[name, path] = uigetfile('*.xlsx','Select a beefblup worksheet');
+fullname = [path name];
+clear name path
+[~, ~, data] = xlsread(fullname);
+
+% Extract the headers into a separate array
+headers = data(1,:);
+data(1,:) = [];
+
+% Convert the string dates to numbers
+data(:,2) = num2cell(datenum(data(:,2)));
+
+% Sort the array by date
+data = sortrows(data,2);
+
+% Create a lookup lambda function to find the animal represented by a
+% certain id
+ids = data(:,1);
+animalrow = @(id) find(ids == id);