MATLAB: Problem with import data

importdata

I have a problem using import data with the attached txt file. Unfortunately I cannot change the format of this.
(I also enclose a few lines here)
Field,  Real Y,  Parax Y, %Dist, R-P(um)
0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000
0.0625 -2.0453 -2.0451 0.0094 -0.1912
0.1250 -4.0917 -4.0902 0.0374 -1.5314
My code is:
   delimiterIn = ' ';
   headerlinesIn = 1;
   A = importdata(file,delimiterIn,headerlinesIn)
which returns: A =
    'ÿþF i e l d ,    R e a l   Y ,    P a r a x   Y ,   % D i s t ,   R - P ( u m ) '

Best Answer

There is something strange going on with that data-file, but if the file is a simple tab-delimited text-file (attached), then this code will import and plot that data:
fid = fopen('distortion.txt','rt');
M = cell2mat(textscan(fid,'%f%f%f%f%f','HeaderLines',1));
fclose(fid);
plot(M(:,5),M(:,1))
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