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Hi,
I want to read the 8th column from the file below:

    52.0    277  177  133  179  105   81    612999    320000  147379
154795   1238
    53.0    277  177  133  180  105   81    601314    317429  146368
153743   1232
    54.0    276  177  132  181  105   81    589799    314805  145321
152652   1227
    55.0    276  177  131  181  105   81    578469    312132  144237
151521   1221

I tried to use 'textscan' but couldnt get the result..can anyone help
me to read the 8th column and sore in a variable for this particular
case..
Thanks


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