How can I process each line or word in a text file using MATLAB?

The contents of the text file are in this format, where each line consists of two names with a number attached with an underscore:

    Abdel_Madi_Shabneh_0001 Dean_Barker_0001
    Abdel_Madi_Shabneh_0001 Giancarlo_Fisichella_0001
    Abdel_Madi_Shabneh_0001 Mikhail_Gorbachev_0001
    Abdul_Rahman_0001 Portia_de_Rossi_0001
    Abel_Pacheco_0001 Jong_Thae_Hwa_0002
    Abel_Pacheco_0002 Jean-Francois_Lemounier_0001

and I'd like to reformat the content to make it like this, in other words but them into cell of nX2 dimension so I can each them easily:

    'Abdel_Madi_Shabneh_0001' 'Dean_Barker_0001';
    'Abdel_Madi_Shabneh_0001' 'Giancarlo_Fisichella_0001';
    'Abdel_Madi_Shabneh_0001' 'Mikhail_Gorbachev_0001';
    'Abdul_Rahman_0001'       'Portia_de_Rossi_0001';
    'Abel_Pacheco_0001'       'Jong_Thae_Hwa_0002';
    'Abel_Pacheco_0002'       'Jean-Francois_Lemounier_0001';

Is there a way how can I do it automatically? Thanks

[Jan]

Where do you want this result ro appear? In a text file or is this a cell string? Is the indentation of the 2nd column important? Are there leading spaces in the text file or does this appear in the forum only?

[Alaa]

it doesn't matter, the output in the text or cell. and yes I want them sorted as a array of two columns,. yes, there are space between each pair and all the text formatted exactly as shown in the forum.

Answer 1

[Stephen23]

Just use textscan:

fid = fopen('temp.txt','rt');
C = textscan(fid,'%s%s');
fclose(fid);
C = cat(2,C{:});

to get this:

>> C
C = 
    'Abdel_Madi_Shabneh_0001'    'Dean_Barker_0001'            
    'Abdel_Madi_Shabneh_0001'    'Giancarlo_Fisichella_0001'   
    'Abdel_Madi_Shabneh_0001'    'Mikhail_Gorbachev_0001'      
    'Abdul_Rahman_0001'          'Portia_de_Rossi_0001'        
    'Abel_Pacheco_0001'          'Jong_Thae_Hwa_0002'          
    'Abel_Pacheco_0002'          'Jean-Francois_Lemounier_0001'

The example text file is attached here: