MATLAB: Importing periodic data with textscan and fgetl

fgetlimportperiodic datatextscan

Here's a subset of the data I'm trying to import into MATLAB:
Time =  0.50734E-01
     X             Y             Z             EP_g    
  23.865        25.227      -0.50000       0.56828      
  24.135        25.227      -0.50000       0.56839      
  23.865        25.500      -0.50000       0.56834      
  24.135        25.500      -0.50000       0.56831      
Time =  1.00059E-01
     X             Y             Z             EP_g    
  23.865        25.227      -0.50000       0.56828      
  24.135        25.227      -0.50000       0.56840      
  23.865        25.500      -0.50000       0.56835      
  24.135        25.500      -0.50000       0.56832
I am trying to import this data using textscan and fgetl but have been having trouble. The problem is those pesky lines between each subset.
The column on the far right (EP_g) is the only thing I'm really interested in. By the time I'm done, I just want a matrix with the transpose of the EP_g column along the rows, i.e.,
   data =
      0.56828 0.56839 0.56834 0.56831
      0.56828 0.56840 0.56835 0.56832
My attempt at a solution:
   fid=fopen(file)
   while ~feof(fid)
       tmp=textscan(fid,'%f%f%f%f','Headerlines',5)
       for j=[1:2]
           fgetl(fid)
        end;
   end; 
   fclose(fid);
I would appreciate any guidance or help you can give me. Many thanks!

Best Answer

I managed to get it to work by using only the textscan function. I had seen an example using fgetl and I thought I needed it for this application, but it turns out I didn't.
 fid=fopen('n90deg');  % Open file
 c=1;                  % Initialize counter
 while ~feof(fid);     % Run until end of file
    tmp=textscan(fid,'%f%f%f%f','Headerlines',2);  % Omit first two lines every 
                                                   % time
    n90deg(c,:)=tmp{4}';  % Store the last cell as a row in new matrix
    c=c+1;                % Add to counter and repeat above steps
 end
 fclose(fid);
Hopefully someone else will find this useful.
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