how to read a numeric data in an array type?

dear user

3750 555 10266
3750 555 0
3750 555 0
3750 555 0
3750 555 0
3750 555 0
3750 555 0
3750 555 0
3750 555 0

in the above text file i read data and take three co-ordinate like x,y&z but i want read in the form of a=[xi,yi,...xn,yn]. where i is initial point and n is the last point of x or y

[Triveni]

Try to use reshape or permute command

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

fid = fopen('YourFile.txt', 'rt');
datacell = textscan(fid, '%f%f%*f', 'CollectOutput', 1);
fclose(fid);
a = reshape( datacell{1}.', 1, []);