MATLAB: How to read begin to read data after a string

readingreading text file

In a txt file, I want to collect fcz data after "Concrete Stresses", how do I also Import the txt file to do so appropriately.
                               CONCRETE STRESSES
                               *****************
       ELMT       fcx       fcy       fcz       Vcxy      Vcyz      Vcxz
                 (MPa)     (MPa)     (MPa)     (MPa)     (MPa)     (MPa)
         1       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000
         2       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000
         3       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000
         4       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000
         5       0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000     0.000

Best Answer

filename = 'ConcreteStresses.txt';
S = fileread(filename);
idx = regexp(S, '^\s*\d', 'once', 'lineanchors');
fmt = repmat('%f', 1, 7);
data = cell2mat( textscan(S(idx:end), fmt) );
fcz = data(:,4);
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