I need to write data to a .txt file in MATLAB. I know how to write strings (fprintf
) or matrices (dlmwrite
), but I need something that can do both of them. I'll give an example below:
str = 'This is the matrix: ' ;
mat1 = [23 46 ; 56 67] ;
%fName
if *fid is valid*
fprintf(fid, '%s\n', str)
fclose(fid)
end
dlmwrite(fName, *emptymatrix*, '-append', 'delimiter', '\t', 'newline','pc')
dlmwrite(fName, mat1, '-append', 'newline', 'pc')
This works okay, but with a problem. The first line of the file is:
This is the matrix: 23,46
Which is not what I want. I want to see:
This is the matrix:
23 46
56 67
How can I solve this? I can't use a for loop and printf
solution as the data is huge and time is an issue.
I think all you have to do to fix your problem is add a carriage return (\r
) to your FPRINTF statement and remove the first call to DLMWRITE:
str = 'This is the matrix: '; %# A string
mat1 = [23 46; 56 67]; %# A 2-by-2 matrix
fName = 'str_and_mat.txt'; %# A file name
fid = fopen(fName,'w'); %# Open the file
if fid ~= -1
fprintf(fid,'%s\r\n',str); %# Print the string
fclose(fid); %# Close the file
end
dlmwrite(fName,mat1,'-append',... %# Print the matrix
'delimiter','\t',...
'newline','pc');
And the output in the file looks like this (with tabs between the numbers):
This is the matrix:
23 46
56 67
NOTE: A short explanation... the reason for needing the \r
in the FPRINTF statement is because a PC line terminator is comprised of a carriage return followed by a line feed, which is what is used by DLMWRITE when the 'newline','pc'
option is specified. The \r
is needed to ensure the first line of the matrix appears on a new line when opening the output text file in Notepad.
You don't need the empty matrix call. Try this code:
str = 'This is the matrix: ' ;
mat1 = [23 46 ; 56 67] ;
fName = 'output.txt';
fid = fopen('output.txt','w');
if fid>=0
fprintf(fid, '%s\n', str)
fclose(fid)
end
dlmwrite(fName, mat1, '-append', 'newline', 'pc', 'delimiter','\t');
You've got two dlmwrite() calls, the first on an empty matrix, and the second one is missing the 'delimiter' option. What happens if you add it to the second call?
I ran into a similar situation adding a header to a csv. You can use dlmwrite with -append to add a single line by setting your delimiter equal to ''
as shown below.
str = 'This is the matrix: '; %# A string
mat1 = [23 46; 56 67]; %# A 2-by-2 matrix
fName = 'str_and_mat.txt'; %# A file name
header1 = 'A, B'
dlmwrite(fName, str, 'delimiter', '')
dlmwrite(fName, header1, '-append', 'delimiter', '')
dlmwrite(fName, mat1, '-append','delimiter', ',')
This produces the following:
This is the matrix:
A, B
23,46
56,67