Math Forum / Math Software / MATLAB / July 2008

hi, eveyone, I got a problem transfering a txt file to cell array, the
problem as following
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mask.txt
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3x3 4x4 5x5   //mask definitions can vary

1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

1 1 1 1
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3
4 4 4 4

1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
1 2 3 4 5
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how do I convert this to a cell which
C{1,1}=3x3
C{1,2}=4x4
C{1,3}=5x5

I tried textscan but the format field is fixed, in my situation,
format is variable depend on the 1st line of the text file.

can anyone give some help please!!