MATLAB: Selecting specific columns to import from a CSV

csvcsvreaddatadata importimport

The data I import from my GPS is formatted as CSV files with the following headers:
ID, Session_ID, Heading, Altitude, Latitude, Longitude, Created_DateTime
I only need the Latitude and Longitude values in columns 5 and 6. Is there any way of achieving this?
Currently I delete the last column manually in excel (Created_DateTime) and then use:
data = csvread('gps.csv',1,4);
This returns my latitude/longitude data but I'm wondering if there is a way of doing this without having to manually delete the Created_DateTime column in excel?

Best Answer

fmt=[repmat('%*f',1,4) repmat('%f',1,2) '%*[^\n]'];
fid=fopen('gps.csv');
data=cell2mat(textscan(fid,fmt,'collectoutput',1));
fid=fclose(fid);
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