refactor experiment config

aerpaw/loadTargetsFromYaml.m

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+function targets = loadTargetsFromYaml(filename)
+%LOADTARGETSFROMYAML Load target coordinates from YAML config file
+%   targets = loadTargetsFromYaml(filename) reads the targets section
+%   from a YAML config file and returns an Nx3 matrix of [x, y, z] coordinates.
+
+targets = [];
+fid = fopen(filename, 'r');
+if fid == -1
+    error('Could not open file: %s', filename);
+end
+
+inTargets = false;
+while ~feof(fid)
+    line = fgetl(fid);
+    if ~ischar(line)
+        break;
+    end
+
+    % Check if we've entered the targets section
+    if contains(line, 'targets:')
+        inTargets = true;
+        continue;
+    end
+
+    % If we hit another top-level key, exit targets section
+    if inTargets && ~isempty(line) && line(1) ~= ' ' && line(1) ~= '#'
+        break;
+    end
+
+    % Parse target entries: "  - [x, y, z]"
+    if inTargets
+        % Extract numbers from array format
+        match = regexp(line, '\[\s*([-\d.]+)\s*,\s*([-\d.]+)\s*,\s*([-\d.]+)\s*\]', 'tokens');
+        if ~isempty(match)
+            coords = str2double(match{1});
+            targets = [targets; coords]; %#ok<AGROW>
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+fclose(fid);
+end