importing data from a text file

I'm importing data from a text file into a script and i was wondering and when doing this using the import tool, I noticed that the data from the text file was in my workspace but not part of my actual script. is there a way to change this? The text file i'm using is a .dat, if it matters

[madhan ravi]

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Answer 1

[motleyfool]

Maybe this link helps:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/79885-reading-dat-files-into-matlab