How can I skip lines when reading from a text file

Hello All,

I have a text file with the extension .rep

I need to skip the first 36 lines and then start reading numeric data.

How can I do this?

Thanks alot,

Ahmed

Answer 1

[David Sanchez]

You could try the built-in function fgets:

fid = fopen('my_file.m');
% read the first 36 lines and do nothing to them
for k=1:36
    tline = fgets(fid);
end
% next reading will be on 37th line.
% display form 37th line forward:
while ischar(tline)
    disp(tline)
    tline = fgets(fid);
end
fclose(fid)

For more details, type:

help fgets
doc fgets

[Berenice Cervantes]

omg, this works beautifully!! Thank you :)

Answer 2

[YUMIN HO]

thank you for the answer