Hi, how do i import a text file as column vectors?

Hello, im trying to plot receiver station distributions for an earthquake. In order to do this, I need to import the data from a text file as column vectors. How do i go about doing this?

I have included the code and the text file.

Text file:

ARU  LHZ  41.6  56.1
BFO  LHZ  55.3  26.2
EFI  LHZ  200.1  93.6
ESK  LHZ  32.4  22.9
JTS  LHZ  259.8  60.4
KIV  LHZ  60.2  50.1
NNA  LHZ  235.7  69.5
SACV  LHZ  177.4  22.6
ANTO  LHZ  68.4  44.2
COLA  LHZ  337.5  68.6
DWPF  LHZ  276.1  48.0
KBS  LHZ  9.5  43.9
KEV  LHZ  23.9  42.1
LVC  LHZ  222.5  73.0
PAB  LHZ  76.7  16.0
PET  LHZ  358.0  89.6
SDV  LHZ  247.5  50.4
SFJD  LHZ  341.5  32.9
SJG  LHZ  253.5  41.1
TIXI  LHZ  8.7  69.3
TSUM  LHZ  137.1  69.1

and here is the code to plot the figure:

%% Plot station distribution
% Import 'Stations.txt' data as individual column vectors
figure;
h = polar(deg2rad(azi(1:1:end)),dis(1:1:end),'^');
hold on
set(h,'markersize',9,'MarkerFaceColor','b')
xlabel('Distance from epicenter / Degrees')
ylabel('Azimuth from the North / Degrees')
title('Station Distribution')

view(90,-90)
h = polar(0,0,'pr');
set(h,'markersize',15,'MarkerFaceColor','r')
hold off

thanks

Answer 1

[madhan ravi]

I have no idea what you are doing but see if this atmost cares your needs:

T = readtable('Stations.txt');
T{:,3} % to access third column , likewise apply it to the rest