usr bin env python import numpy for line in open matrix txt append flo

#!/usr/bin/env python
import numpy

l = []
for line in open( 'matrix.txt' ):
    l.append( [ float(x) for x in line.split() ] )

m = numpy.matrix( l )
print m

Result:
[[ 4. 0.68 0.98 0.23]
[ 4. 0.23 0.54 0.32]
[ 5. 0.56 0.12 0.99]]