How do I check if the specific line in a text file is empty or not?

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I have two text file. I want to read either one of them, First file has numbers from line 5 and the second from 7. I have to determine which file to read based on the starting of numbers. Thanks in advance cheers!!

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Harish Ramachandran
Harish Ramachandran on 17 Jan 2018
A trivial implementation would be to open the file, check if the numbers exist till the 6th line and display which file is being read.
file = fopen('sample.txt');
line = fgetl(file);
for i=1:6
if any(line >= '0' & line <= '9')
disp("The fifth line contains numbers => first file")
else
disp("The fifth line does not contain numbers => second file")
line = fgetl(file);
end
fclose(file);

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