How do I get Matlab to recognise a text file as numerical values when importing it ?

I need to input all the data from this file into Matlab but have it recognize the txt as numerical values. I struggling on how to do that.

The file is at this link:

https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/statistic/ice/dat/g2011_2012_ice.dat

Answer 1

[George]

Check out the formatSpec portion of the textscan doc.

Answer 2

[Walter Roberson]

%load a copy of the file locally
url = 'https://coastwatch.glerl.noaa.gov/statistic/ice/dat/g2011_2012_ice.dat'
tfile = [tempname '.dat'];
urlwrite(url, tfile);

%read it in
data = readtable(tfile);