How do I only read in part of a line from a file?

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Andrew Geisel on 24 Apr 2015

Closed: MATLAB Answer Bot on 20 Aug 2021

I want to read in only the number at the end of a line in a text file I'm reading in using textscan.

The line goes basically like this:

Average length of pipes (in): 9

How would I get only the value of 9?

per isakson on 24 Apr 2015

Edited: per isakson on 24 Apr 2015

Hint: See &nbsp %*s &nbsp in the doc.

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