append data...it doesnt change line

i want to open the 33.txt go to the end of the file add the number 4 ,change line and etc etc...

clc

for k=1:1:5;

fid=fopen('C:\Users\Mr Andrew\Desktop\33.txt','a');

fprintf(fid,'4 \n')

end

what is my error ? my code doesnt change line... thank you

Answer 1

[Tom]

try adding a carriage return as well:

fprintf(fid,'4 \r\n')

I'd also recommend using fclose(fid) each time you've finished with the file

[Jan]

This is a benefit, when you open the file with Windows' Notepad, but all other editors I've seen in the last 12 years understand the line breaks of the other systems perfectly. So I recommend to avoid using Notepad instead of adjusting the text files for one stubborn program.

[Andrew]

thank you!

with \r it worked!!!!

[Tom]

for what it's worth, Jan is correct about this being a Notepad issue - if you just use '\n' and open it within MATLAB, it appears on a new line.

Answer 2

[Image Analyst]

Why is fopen inside the loop? You aren't showing all your real code but chances are that you want it before the loop, not inside it. Also, add an fclose after the loop.

[Andrew]

thank you!

Answer 3

[Jan]

The data is written, when the file is closed:

fid = fopen('C:\Users\Mr Andrew\Desktop\33.txt', 'a');
for k = 1:5
  fprintf(fid,'4 \n')
end
fclose(fid);  % close the file!

[Andrew]

your code Jan Simon doesnt change line....i tried this

clc

fid = fopen('C:\Users\Mr Andrew\Desktop\33.txt', 'a');

for k = 1:5

fprintf(fid,'343453534 \r\n')   % i add \r

end

fclose(fid);

and it is working!!! thank you Jan Simon and Tom!

[Jan]

The text file created by my program is correct and understood by almost all editors. Only Notepad fails, but this is a problem of Notepad, not of the file.

Bit inserting the \r explicitly causes traoubles under e.g. older versions of XEmacs, the TeX interpreter, Matlab until version 6.5 under Linux, etc. Therefore the most efficient solution is relying on '\n' and omitting the usage of the dull Notepad (Notepad++ from the net is much smarter!).

Another method to create the old DOS linebreaks under Windows: Open the file in text-mode:

fopen(FileName, 'at')

Then fprintf(fid, '\n') writes \r\n autoamtically. But this can have strange side effects, like using the End-Of-File character accidently and the number of characters will differ from the number of bytes.