MATLAB: Skip the headers in a text file and extract the data

Question

I would like to extract the data only from a text file. the text file has a header which contains some numerical values as shown below?

Matrix detected 
Double precision storage used.
Matrix size is  5 x  5
Matrix elements a(m,n) 
   m: matrix row
   n: matrix column
   m  n            value               
   1 1      -4.741986825761376E+00    
   2 1      -4.630424392475458E+00   
   3 1      -4.307409743346405E+00   
   4 1      -3.804889997051831E+00   
   5 1      -3.171836516325863E+00   
   1 2      -4.630424380271435E+00   
   2 2      -4.741959894978010E+00    
   3 2      -4.630411248725576E+00   
   4 2      -4.307409755549543E+00   
   5 2      -3.804868350860215E+00   
   1 3      -4.307409755549557E+00   
   2 3      -4.630411248725565E+00   
   3 3      -4.741959894978017E+00    
   4 3      -4.630424380271435E+00   
   5 3      -4.307397514355404E+00   
   1 4      -3.804889997051820E+00   
   2 4      -4.307409743346408E+00   
   3 4      -4.630424392476307E+00   
   4 4      -4.741986825762240E+00   
   5 4      -4.630424392476300E+00   
   1 5      -3.171836516321907E+00   
   2 5      -3.804868350853141E+00   
   3 5      -4.307397514355404E+00   
   4 5      -4.630424380271435E+00   
   5 5      -4.741959894978017E+00

Answer 1

doc textscan

fid = fopen('your text file') ;
data = textscan(fid,'%f %f %f','HeaderLines',7) ;
data = cell2mat(data)
fclose(fid);