reading a txt file with rows of different length

Hi,

I would like to read a text file as below and I need to extract data in 'points' row. I have tried many ways but it didnt work.I appreciate if someone can guide me to find a solution.

Thanks in advance.

[Adam]

What are the 'many ways' you have tried and in what way didn't they work?

[Zinat Zarandi]

I have found this script here and when I use this code in a cell arrey I can find data in points but in default format of text.

how can I seprate it in data?

I need to sepratet first odd num (first,third,...,n-1) as 'x' and even num (second, fourth,..,n) as 'y'.

Answer 1

[Are Mjaavatten]

fid = fopen(filename);
lines = textscan(fid,'%s','delimiter','\n');
fclose(fid);
lines = lines{1};
% The points data are in line 3.  Start after the left bracket:
points = sscanf(lines{4}(strfind(lines{4},'[')+1:end-1),'%f,');
widths = sscanf(lines{5}(strfind(lines{5},'[')+1:end-1),'%f,');
x = points(1:2:end);
y = points(2:2:end);

[Zinat Zarandi]

Thank you so much. It works.