MATLAB: Importing txt files… each column as individual variable

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Hello, I'm importing text files that are generated from another program. The txt files are tab delimited, with the first row as column headers.

I'd like to import the data so each column is a variable, with the title of the column header. So the data:

    Knee  Hip  Ankle
    45    12   16
    47    14   18
    49    16   20

becomes 3 variables called 'Knee', 'Hip' and 'Ankle'.

Any help would be massively appreciated. Thanks.