How to import data from text file to mat file directly with lebels

I have data in txt file like:

Date     Hour    Degree   Speed
20110101 01      260      41
20110101 02      280      62 
20110101 03      270      62
20110101 04      270      52
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I want to have a mat file with

Answer 1

[Andrei Bobrov]

f = fopen('yourfile.txt');
c = textscan(f,'%s');
fclose(f);
C = reshape(c{:},4,[])';
out2 = cell2struct([{C(2:end,1)} num2cell(str2double(C(2:end,2:end)),1)],C(1,:),2);

Answer 2

[Jan]

Or:

Str = fileread('yourfile.txt');
[First, Rest] = strtok(Str, char(10));
Title = regexp(First, ' ', 'split');  % Or a TAB?
Title = strrep(Title, ' ', '');       % Remove spaces
Data  = sscanf(Rest, '%g', [Inf, 5]);
for iField = 1:5
  Out.(Title{iField}) = Data(:, iField);
end
save('YourMatFile.mat', 'Out');  % Or '-struct', 'Out' ?