Load Command on How to Skip Rows

Hi all, I'm new to matlab and currently using Load function.

I was wondering is it possible to skip a few rows and start to read the columns.

Current code is

file1=m40db5hzPPKA;
vel_x1=file1(:,3);
vel_y1=file1(:,4);
vel_z1=file1(:,5);

Where the raw file is as below:

Time xxxxx

date xxxxx

location xxxx

title xxxxx

   1052  72   -7437   14807   -9735
   1052  73   -7780   14063   -7890
   1052  74   -8217   13731   -6298
   1052  75   -8997   14658   -7345
   1052  76  -10011   16227   -4948
   1052  77  -10539   16862    -430
   1052  78   -9684   15008   -2221

To read the file, i need to delete the time, date, location and title row to prevent error...

Is there any script available to skip the few rows as i would like to keep them in my raw file and use it as a reference in future?

Thank you ppls!

Answer 1

[Richard]

You could use dlmread http://www.mathworks.co.uk/help/techdoc/ref/dlmread.html

This will then load the data into matlab without the headers. Try it and let me know if you have any difficulties or if you were looking for a different answer.

[Chow Tze Liang]

Sorry, forget to reply.

Works perfectly! Thks!