How to input text file into matlab as an array

I have a large set of text files all of the same format. I need only the numerical data from these to be imported into matlab as an array, or as any other form so long as i can use it in my code.

I have attached an example of one of the files '15048.txt'.

Thanks

Answer 1

[Guillaume]

Probably, the easiest:

opts = detectImportOptions('15048.txt');  %let matlab figure out most of the file format
opts.ImportErrorRule = 'omitrow';  %so that it ignores the last line
opts.ExtraColumnsRule = 'ignore';  %otherwise, it detects an extra variable that is not there
opts.VariableNames(2:5) = {'PRECIP', 'EVAP', 'TMIN', 'TMAX'};  %matlab can't reliably detect the variable names as they're split over two rows

data = readtable('15048.txt', opts)