Matching lines of data and negating errors in the textfile

I am reading in a text file with the following code:

fid=fopen(‘filename.txt’, ‘rt’);
X=textscan(fid, ‘%s%s%s%s%s’, ‘headerlines’, 5);

I have to read in all the data as string data because when ever there is an error, the whole line that I am looking at is marked with tacs. Here is what I mean:

X{1}=
5
7
9
12
X{2}=
12
15
---
32
if the columns were all lined up in the matrix X(which is a cell array) it would look like this:
X=
5   12   12:23:51  Y  45
7   15   12:28:34  N  234
9   ---   --:--:--  -  23
12  32   12:34:17  Y  87
What I want to do with this is compare the first two columns of data with the Y’s and N’s. I want to take any row of data that has an has a Y in the 4th column and leave out any row that has an N or a “-“ in it.
My end result would be individual rows or a matrix with the data I want, ex:
Xfinal=
5   12   12:23:51  Y  45
12  32   12:34:17  Y  87
Or if it is easier:
X1=
5
12
X2=
12
32
Etc.

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Xfinal = X( strcmp(X{4}, 'Y'), :);

[charles atlas]

Thank you, that was extremely helpful