title: Loading text data in Octave with specific format
body: <p>I have a data set that I would like to store and be able to load in Octave</p>
  
  <pre><code>18.0   8   307.0      130.0      3504.      12.0   70  1    "chevrolet chevelle malibu"
  15.0   8   350.0      165.0      3693.      11.5   70  1    "buick skylark 320"
  18.0   8   318.0      150.0      3436.      11.0   70  1    "plymouth satellite"
  16.0   8   304.0      150.0      3433.      12.0   70  1    "amc rebel sst"
  17.0   8   302.0      140.0      3449.      10.5   70  1    "ford torino"
  15.0   8   429.0      198.0      4341.      10.0   70  1    "ford galaxie 500"
  14.0   8   454.0      220.0      4354.       9.0   70  1    "chevrolet impala"
  14.0   8   440.0      215.0      4312.       8.5   70  1    "plymouth fury iii"
  14.0   8   455.0      225.0      4425.      10.0   70  1    "pontiac catalina"
  15.0   8   390.0      190.0      3850.       8.5   70  1    "amc ambassador dpl"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>It does not work immediately when I try to use:</p>
  
  <pre><code>data = load('auto.txt')
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way to load from a text files with the given format or do I need to convert it to e.g</p>
  
  <pre><code>18.0,8,307.0,130.0,3504.0,12.0,70,1
  ...
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong>
  Deleting the last row and fixing the 'half' number e.g. 3504. -> 3504.0
  and then used:</p>
  
  <pre><code>data = load('-ascii','autocleaned.txt');
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Loaded the data as wanted in to a matrix in Octave.</p>