textscan
textscan(str, format) reads data from str and returns it into a cell array as specified in format parameter.
Examples
>> c = textscan('2.2 1.23
45.12 24.1', '%f %f')
[c:1x2 cell]
>> c{1}#
2.2
45.12
>> c{2}#
1.23
24.1