
<li>
For data that are stored in text format in columns, use the function <code>textread</code>.
For two columns:

<pre class="matlab">
[B,spc] = textread('mydata.txt','%f %f');
</pre>

Often, such text files contain a header, a series of lines at the beginning that contain
parameter information. These can be skipped using

<pre class="matlab">
[B,spc] = textread('mydata.txt','%f %f','headerlines',17);
</pre>

</ul>

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