Plot of dspesific rows and columns

I have a txt file that I would like open, and plot the values from row 39 column 2 (x-axis) vs row 39 column 4 (y-axis) for about 8000 rows. It is also desirable to only plot every 10th row to make the script go faster.

Answer 1

[Star Strider]

Importing your file depends on what is in it (numeric only, numeric with text headers, or something else). If you have R2019a or later, use the readmatrix function to import your file. Otherwise, dlmread and its friends are options. If you need help with that, attach (upload) your file (or a representative sample of it) here.

Once you have imported your file, the rest is straightforward:

A = readmatrix('YourFile.txt');
x = A(39:10:end, 2);
y = A(39:10:end, 4);

plot(x, y)
grid