How To Convert data separated by commas into columns.

I have imported a dataset from UCi and it is in .data format. How do i separate these data into separate columns.

Look at an example of two rows below:

{'58, Self-emp-inc, 181974, Doctorate, 16, Never-married, Prof-specialty, Not-in-family, White, Female, 0, 0, 99, ?, <=50K'}

{'50, Private, 485710, Doctorate, 16, Divorced, Prof-specialty, Not-in-family, White, Female, 0, 0, 50, United-States, <=50K'}

Answer 1

[Ameer Hamza]

Try this

str = fileread('data.txt');
data = strrep(str, '{''', '');
data = strrep(data, '''}', ', ');
data = strrep(data, newline, '');
data = strsplit(data, ', ');

data = reshape(data(1:end-1), 15, []).'

data.txt is attached.