fgets

Purpose

Return the next line of a file as a string with newlines.

Synopsis

line = fgets(fid)

Description

line = fgets(fid) returns the next line for the file with identifier fid. line is a MATLAB string that includes the newline character associated with the text line (to obtain the string without the newline, use fgetl). If fgets encounters an end-of-file indicator, it returns -1.

fgets is intended for use with text files only. Given a binary file with no newline characters, fgets may require long execution time.

See Also

fgetl

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