how to separate columns from txt file
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Hi,
I have attached a txt file needed to be delimeter by 3 columns.
Txt file looks like this
Freq.	V(n001)
2.00000000000000e+001	(6.52532088670673e+001dB,-8.99982757383219e+001°)
2.00461047615580e+001	(6.52332088670214e+001dB,-8.99982770536383e+001°)
Need the output to looks like this with delimeter
2.00000000000000e+001	6.52532088670673e+001      -8.99982757383219e+001° 
Especially the third column must be in degree fromat.
I have tried this code
clc;
clear all;
c = readtable("r4.4u_db.txt",'Format','%f %*c %f %*s %*c %f %*s');
But the 3rd column is totataly different like this
20.0461047615580
20.1386333770361
20.2315890851980
20.3249738574139
Don't know why does it show like that.
And aslo suggest a method to convert the dB vaues to linear values
The output plot from txt should look like attached photo.

Could anyone please help me to resolev the issue?
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  Stephen23
      
      
 on 17 Nov 2022
        M = readmatrix('r4.4u_db.txt', 'TrimNonNumeric',true, 'Delimiter',{'\t',','})
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  David Hill
      
      
 on 17 Nov 2022
        Try:
c = readtable("r4.4u_db.txt",'Format','%f %*c %f %*c%*c%*c %f %*c%*c');
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  David Hill
      
      
 on 17 Nov 2022
				What is your reference value to computing dB? Very easy to convert to linear.
Linear=10.^(c.Var2/10)*refValue;
  dpb
      
      
 on 17 Nov 2022
        opt=detectImportOptions('r4.4u_db.txt','NumHeaderLines',1,'Delimiter',{',',\t}, ...
                                       'ExpectedNumVariables',3,'TrimNonNumeric',1);
tM=readmatrix('r4.4u_db.txt',opt);
results in
>> whos tM
  Name         Size             Bytes  Class     Attributes
  tM        6178x3             148272  double              
>> tM(1:10,:)
ans =
   20.0000   65.2532  -89.9983
   20.0461   65.2332  -89.9983
   20.0923   65.2132  -89.9983
   20.1386   65.1932  -89.9983
   20.1851   65.1732  -89.9983
   20.2316   65.1532  -89.9983
   20.2782   65.1332  -89.9983
   20.3250   65.1132  -89.9983
   20.3718   65.0932  -89.9983
   20.4188   65.0732  -89.9983
>> 
as for the latter Q?, db2mag
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