How do I choose specific data from a .txt file and then find the average, max and min values
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Hi, I'm fairly new to using matlab and I would like to know how to make a generic code so that I can extract the figures in bold in order to find the average, minimum and maximum values even when their values change. Any help with this wouldbe appreciated thanks.
iQ-Analyzer V6.2.2.1
FileName:	U:\test.txt
FileDate:	04-Feb-2020 14:18:05
ChartFile:	TE281
FileName dark:	-
Make:	-	Firmware:	noExif
Model:	-	Serial:	 	Lens:	 
Aperture:	0.0	Aperture_eff:	0.0
Exp.Time:	0.000000
ISO:	0
Exp.Bias:	-
FocalLength:	0.0
Measurement type:	C
X [Pixel]:	1280	Y [Pixel]:	 800	X [mm]:	 	Y [mm]:	 	PixelCount [MP]:	1.0	PixelPitch [�m]:	 
Illumination [Lux]:	1000
Notes:	 	
 F[%]
Pos.	Avg. field	Average F[%]	Q1 field	Q1 F[%]	Q2 field	Q2 F[%]	Q3 field	Q3 F[%]	Q4 field	Q4 F[%]
Center	0.00467498	11.9126	0.00467498	11.9126	0.00467498	11.9126	0.00467498	11.9126	0.00467498	11.9126
H1	0.178026	                9.93692	0.176921	        9.88428	0.174292	        9.6432	0.179058	        9.96143	0.181832	        10.2588	
H2	0.358703                	8.7754	0.359936	        8.77699	0.354776	        8.6757	0.357503	        8.78022	0.362599	        8.86868	
H3	0.538969	                8.58128	0.543139	        8.74501	0.535175	        8.81967	0.533882	        8.37896	0.543682	        8.38149	
H4	0.714701                	9.32563	0.724523	        9.71568	0.710426	        9.47228	0.704348	        8.96331	0.719507	        9.15123	
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  Marcelo
      
 on 7 Feb 2020
        Try this:
fid = fopen('test.txt');
is_start_point = false;
values = {};
while 1
    current_line = fgetl(fid);
    if ~ischar(current_line), break, end
    if strcmp(strtrim(current_line),'F[%]')
        is_start_point = true;
        continue
    end
    if is_start_point
        broken_line = strsplit(current_line, '\t', 'CollapseDelimiters', true);
        broken_line(cellfun('isempty',broken_line)) = [];
        values = [values;broken_line];
    end
end
fclose(fid);
title   = values(1,:);
numbers = values(2:end,2:end);
numbers = cellfun(@str2double,numbers);
max_number = max(numbers)
min_number = min(numbers)
mean_number = mean(numbers)
Maybe, depend on your Matlab version, some commands won't work. In this case, just search for another one similar in your version.
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  Marcelo
      
 on 10 Feb 2020
				Hi, Sam.
Maybe the test.txt file I'm using is not exactly equal yours. Could you attach an example file to better work on this problem?
By the way, which Matlab version are you using? 
More Answers (1)
  Marcelo
      
 on 7 Feb 2020
        Sam,
Is your text file exactly like this one you pasted in your question? I mean, the eleventh element is actually in a new line or this just happened when you pasted the values here?
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