octave:3> fid=fopen('sample.txt', 'rt'); octave:4> format long octave:5> data=fscanf(fid,'%f', [3 10000])'; octave:6> size(data) ans = 649 3 octave:7> a=load('sample.txt'); octave:8> size(a) ans = 57144 3 octave:9>