How can I read a txt file and split its content into a strings array and a data array?

The txt file has information similar to the one below. A would like to have an array of strings (headerline) and an (N X 4) array of data.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

fid = fopen(filename, 'rt');
headers = string( strsplit( fgetl(fid), ';') );
data = cell2mat( textscan(fid, '%f%f%f%f', 'Delimiter', ';', 'collectoutput', 1) );
fclose(fid);

[Ernesto Momox Beristain]

It works!. Many thanks for your time.

Answer 2

[Ashan Walpitage]

Try with readtable function

mydata = readtable( file_path )