MATLAB: Converting txt file into title and array

Question

I am trying to load a txt file that looks like this:

Time (s)
0
1.5
1.6
2
2.5
3.5
4

and I want to save the first line as a string to be used for the xlabel on a plot, and the n lines of numbers afterwards I would like to save as an array.

I tried to use something like this and it did not work:

 xL = fscanf(fid,'%s'); 
 fgetl(fid); %first line of txt file is the data label I am going to use for the plot xlabel
 for n = 1:dataLength % dataLength = 7 here
     data(n) = fscanf(fid,'%f'); 
     fgetl(fid);
 end 

The problem was the xL variable was then defined as 'Time (s)01.51.622.53.54' . It basically did not just grab one line for some reason.

Answer 1

Try this

%%
fid = fopen( 'cssm.txt', 'rt' );
xL = fgetl( fid );                  % read the first line
data = fscanf( fid, '%f' );         % read numerical data until end of file
[~] = fclose( fid );
%% 
xL
data

where cssm.txt contains your data sample