MATLAB Read Text File: Ultimate Guide

There are two methods to read data from a txt file in MATLAB.

1. bring in data
2. – A document named data.txt
3. information

data = importdata('data.txt');

1. open a file
2. scan from file
3. close the file
4. The file containing data is named data.txt.
5. information

fileID = fopen('data.txt', 'r');
data = fscanf(fileID, '%f');
fclose(fileID);

In the above code, %f is used to read a float number. Different format specifiers can be used as needed.