function data = importtextfile(filename, nrCol, startRow, endRow)
%IMPORTFILE Import numeric data from a text file as a matrix.
%   DATA = IMPORTFILE(FILENAME) Reads data from text
%   file FILENAME for the default selection.
%
%   DATA = IMPORTFILE(FILENAME, STARTROW, ENDROW)
%   Reads data from rows STARTROW through ENDROW of text file FILENAME.
%
% Example:
%   data = importfile('test.txt');
%
%    See also TEXTSCAN.

% Auto-generated by MATLAB on 2020/02/18 16:42:14

%% Initialize variables.
delimiter = '\t';
if nargin < 2
    nrCol = 6;
    startRow = 1;
    endRow = inf;
elseif nargin <= 3
    startRow = 1;
    endRow = inf;
end

% Create the specifications
formatSpec = [repmat('%s',1,nrCol),'%[^\n\r]'];

%% Open the text file.
fileID = fopen(filename,'r');

%% Read columns of data according to the format.
% This call is based on the structure of the file used to generate this
% code. If an error occurs for a different file, try regenerating the code
% from the Import Tool.
dataArray = textscan(fileID, formatSpec, endRow(1)-startRow(1)+1, 'Delimiter', delimiter, 'TextType', 'string', 'HeaderLines', startRow(1)-1, 'ReturnOnError', false, 'EndOfLine', '\r\n');
for block=2:length(startRow)
    frewind(fileID);
    dataArrayBlock = textscan(fileID, formatSpec, endRow(block)-startRow(block)+1, 'Delimiter', delimiter, 'TextType', 'string', 'HeaderLines', startRow(block)-1, 'ReturnOnError', false, 'EndOfLine', '\r\n');
    for col=1:length(dataArray)
        dataArray{col} = [dataArray{col};dataArrayBlock{col}];
    end
end

%% Close the text file.
fclose(fileID);

%% Convert the contents of columns containing numeric text to numbers.
% Replace non-numeric text with NaN.
raw = repmat({''},length(dataArray{1}),length(dataArray)-1);
for col=1:length(dataArray)-1
    raw(1:length(dataArray{col}),col) = mat2cell(dataArray{col}, ones(length(dataArray{col}), 1));
end
numericData = NaN(size(dataArray{1},1),size(dataArray,2));

for col=1:nrCol
    % Converts text in the input cell array to numbers. Replaced non-numeric
    % text with NaN.
    rawData = dataArray{col};
    for row=1:size(rawData, 1)
        % Create a regular expression to detect and remove non-numeric prefixes and
        % suffixes.
        regexstr = '(?<prefix>.*?)(?<numbers>([-]*(\d+[\.]*)+[\,]{0,1}\d*[eEdD]{0,1}[-+]*\d*[i]{0,1})|([-]*(\d+[\.]*)*[\,]{1,1}\d+[eEdD]{0,1}[-+]*\d*[i]{0,1}))(?<suffix>.*)';
        try
            result = regexp(rawData(row), regexstr, 'names');
            numbers = result.numbers;
            
            % Detected commas in non-thousand locations.
            invalidThousandsSeparator = false;
            if numbers.contains('.')
                thousandsRegExp = '^[-/+]*\d+?(\.\d{3})*\,{0,1}\d*$';
                if isempty(regexp(numbers, thousandsRegExp, 'once'))
                    numbers = NaN;
                    invalidThousandsSeparator = true;
                end
            end
            % Convert numeric text to numbers.
            if ~invalidThousandsSeparator
                numbers = strrep(numbers, '.', '');
                numbers = strrep(numbers, ',', '.');
                numbers = textscan(char(numbers), '%f');
                numericData(row, col) = numbers{1};
                raw{row, col} = numbers{1};
            end
        catch
            raw{row, col} = rawData{row};
        end
    end
end


%% Replace non-numeric cells with NaN
R = cellfun(@(x) ~isnumeric(x) && ~islogical(x),raw); % Find non-numeric cells
raw(R) = {NaN}; % Replace non-numeric cells

%% Create output variable
data = cell2mat(raw);