How can I skip lines when reading from a text file

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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

Accepted Answer

David Sanchez
David Sanchez on 19 Jul 2013
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

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YUMIN HO
YUMIN HO on 14 Jun 2019
thank you for the answer

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