MATLAB: How to read a txt file with values and strings

Question

Each time I run a scenario, my script opens a file called changing.txt and adds a line with the important parameters and the filename for future statistical analysis. I want to open the file and have a variable for each column in the txt file. I will then look for duplicate scenario names and only analyze unique data for the statistical analysis. How do I do this?

%create a similar file to the one I'm working with
fileID=fopen('changing.txt','w');
fmt='%8.1f %8.4f %8.1f %8.1f %s\r\n';%format for fprint
fclose (fileID);
%write a few lines with duplicates
fileID=fopen('changing.txt','a');
fprintf(fileID,fmt, [ 1 2 3 4 'text.txt']);%write these values at the end of the file



fprintf(fileID,fmt, [ 4 3 2 1 'text2.txt']);%write these values at the end of the file
fprintf(fileID,fmt, [ 1 2 3 4 'text.txt']);%write these values at the end of the file
fprintf(fileID,fmt, [ 4 3 2 1 'text2.txt']);%write these values at the end of the file
fclose (fileID);
%
%open the file; one variable for each column in the text file 
A = fscanf('changing.txt','%8.1f %8.4f %8.1f %8.1f %s\r\n') %(HELP HERE PLEASE)

Answer 1

Replace

A = fscanf('changing.txt','%8.1f %8.4f %8.1f %8.1f %s\r\n');

by

fid = fopen( 'changing.txt', 'r' );
cac = textscan( fid, '%f%f%f%f%s', 'Collectoutput',true );
[~] = fclose( fid );

where changing.txt contains

1 2 3 4 text.txt
4 3 2 1 text2.txt
1 2 3 4 text.txt
4 3 2 1 text2.txt

check output

>> cac{1}
ans =
     1     2     3     4
     4     3     2     1
     1     2     3     4
     4     3     2     1
>> cac{2}
ans = 
    'text.txt'
    'text2.txt'
    'text.txt'
    'text2.txt'