How do I read a .txt file ?

Hi The .txt file is as such

Name Lon Lat
xxxx 12.111 15.1122

It continues for seven rows. How to read this file using fileID and formatspec ?? I want to read these 3 columns and write into 3 separate data arrays. Please help.

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

 fid = fopen('filename.txt','rt');
 C = textscan(fid,'%s%f%f','headerlines',1);
 fclose(fid);
 name = C{1};
 LatN = C{2};
 LonN = C{3};