csvread
csvread(filepath) returns a numeric matrix from file defined in filepath. Characters will be changed into 0.
Examples
> X = rand(2,3)#
0.250924 0.0460958 0.676816
0.680573 0.320973 0.155359
> csvwrite('randnumbers.txt',X)
[ans:1]
> csvread('randnumbers.txt')#
0.250924 0.0460958 0.676816
0.680573 0.320973 0.155359