fileurl='https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/uploaded_files/319027/mydiary2.txt';
data=readfile(fileurl);
counter.out=0;
counter.elem=0;
scalefactor=1;
record=false;
output=cell(0,1);
for n=1:numel(data)
currentline=strtrim(data{n});
if numel(currentline)<1,continue,end
if isstrprop(currentline(1),'alpha')
scalefactor=1;
if strcmp(currentline,'normal')
counter.out=counter.out+1;
counter.elem=0;
record=true;
else
record=false;
end
elseif strcmp(currentline(end),'*')
scalefactor=str2double(currentline(1:(end-1)));
elseif isstrprop(currentline(1),'digit')
if ~record,continue,end
values=cellfun(@str2double,strsplit(currentline));
values=values*scalefactor;
counter.elem=counter.elem+1;
output{counter.out,1}(counter.elem,:)=values;
end
end
