Easiest way to skip a few lines and then read data from this text file ( x and y) to draw a plot.

I have attached the file I'm trying to do this for.

Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

The easiest way I can think of is to use the dlmread function:

filename = '6in_nomass_5.txt';
Data = dlmread(filename, '\t', 6, 0);

There are others, such as readmatrix that are likely even easier, however you did not state the release you are using, so dlmread is a safe option.

EDIT — To draw the plot:

figure
plot(Data(:,1), Data(:,2))
grid

[Malay Arya]

Thank you so much!

[Star Strider]

As always, my pleasure!

Answer 2

[Jesus Sanchez]

From yout MATLAB: Home -> Variable -> Import data.

From there you can also create a function that will allow you to import future files.

[Malay Arya]

I dont have any experience in coding but thanks!