Read data from a .txt file with two columns

Hello, I have a .txt file with two jagged columns (example shown as code). How do I read these two columns into two different arrays? I have tried the load() and xlsread(), but I usually end up with one .xlsx file with both columns squished into one .xlsx column. Would appreciate suggestions, and thank you in advance!

Example:
1.33 333.2
1.5678 7.211
1.9 1.2346

Answer 1

[Paolo]

If you want a cell array you can use:

fileID = fopen('mytext.txt');
mydata = textscan(fileID,'%f%f','HeaderLines',1);
fclose(fileID);

If you prefer a table you can use:

t = readtable('mytext.txt','ReadVariableNames',false)

[Lillian Lau]

Would the table be stored as an Excel file?