looping a matrix from a text file

i am creating a a program that will add the row values from a txt file, but i dont know how to move to the second, third, forth and fifth row.

ex this is what is in my text file

1 3 5.0

2 3 4.0

6 2 1.0

1 5 3.0

4 5 2.1

i can get the first row to work in my loop but how do i tell it to keep running it for the next rows

Answer 1

[Carlos]

Is it necessary to use a loop?

So if I understand well you want to sum the rows, in this case if

A =

      1.0000    3.0000    5.0000
      2.0000    3.0000    4.0000
      6.0000    2.0000    1.0000
      1.0000    5.0000    3.0000
      4.0000    5.0000    2.1000

You want this

9.0000 9.0000 9.0000 9.0000 11.1000.

To achieve this just do

sum(A.')

Yielding

ans =

      9.0000    9.0000    9.0000    9.0000   11.1000

Answer 2

[Yao Li]

Is it a large text file or a small one. If it's a small size text file(eg. <10MB). Use importdata() to import data from the text file to matlab first. If the size of the text file is too large, you may try:

fid=fopen(fileToRead,'r');
 tline=fgetl(fid);

And you can add a while or for loop to run the 2nd command sevral times to move from line to line