how to get the usual form of a matrix from a txt file?

hello, I have a matrix defined in a txt file as it follows:

 row column  value  
 1   1      -4.630
 2   1      -4.307 
 3   1      -3.804
 1   2      -4.630
 2   2      -4.741
 3   2      -4.630
 1   3      -3.804
 2   3      -4.307
 3   3      -4.630

and I would like to put it back into the the matrix form provided by matlab (the square form), any suggestions ? Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

[KSSV]

data = importdata('data.txt');
num = data.data ;
matrix = reshape(num(:,3),3,[])

doc reshape

Answer 2

[Ano]

what if the file has got some text before the matrix, how can I still extract the matrix ?? thank you in advance !

[KSSV]

The above code has to work if the text exists before the matrix. I checked the above, copying your data with text in the file.

[Ano]

I would appreciate if you could try with the attached file which contains the headers, for me it does not work? any suggestions. thank you