If all rows have the same number of columns
dlmread, Read ASCII-delimited file of numeric data into matrix
Syntax
M = dlmread(filename)
M = dlmread(filename, delimiter)
M = dlmread(filename, delimiter, R,C)
M = dlmread(filename, delimiter, range)
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Example in response to comment:
This works fine here (R2013a)
filespec = 'h:\m\cssm\sample\sample.txt';
num = dlmread( filespec );
whos num
returns
Name Size Bytes Class Attributes
num 20x8 1280 double
Doc says
When dlmread infers the delimiter from the formatting of the file, it
treats repeated white spaces as a single delimiter. By contrast, if you
specify a delimiter, dlmread treats any repeated delimiter character as
a separate delimiter.
