How can I use a txt file as input of a table?

Hi, I have the attached .txt file and I want to use it as input in MATLAB. I want to create a 10x5 table using Time, Az, El, Range and Footp as variables.

Answer 1

[Cedric]

It is not trivial because there is a header and the decimal delimiter is the comma. If you need a numeric time stamp (suited for plotting) and numeric data, you can do it as follows:

 % - Read data, replace comma with point as decimal sep., scan columns.
 raw  = fileread( 'SAT.txt' ) ;
 raw  = strrep( raw, ',', '.' ) ;
 data = textscan( raw, '%s %s %f %f %f %f', 'HeaderLines', 4 ) ;

 % - Aggregate to string time stamp and convert to numeric.
 timeStamp_str = arrayfun(@(r) [data{1}{r}, ' ', data{2}{r}], ...
     1:numel(data{1}), 'UniformOutput', false ) ;
 timeStamp_num = datenum( timeStamp_str ) ;

 % - Aggregate data into num array.
 data = [data{3:end}] ;

Note that you can use timeStamp_str as labels for plot axes.