How to find min and max of a text file full of numbers?

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I am trying to figure out how to find a specific value in a text file such as being able to find a min and max by MATLAB reading a .txt and finding the max / min values.
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Azzi Abdelmalek
Azzi Abdelmalek on 5 Feb 2016
can you give more details, or explain with an example?
NikePro
NikePro on 5 Feb 2016
Yes, I am trying to find the highest and lowest number in this text file. I am trying to create a code that will read the file and then spit out the highest and lowest numbers.

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Star Strider
Star Strider on 5 Feb 2016
This works:
fidi = fopen('Kurtis2821 Text.txt','r');
D = textscan(fidi, '%f%f%f%f%f', 'HeaderLines',1, 'CollectOutput',1);
FileMax = max(D{:}(:))
FileMin = min(D{:}(:))
FileMax =
146.7
FileMin =
-121.08

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