fileread - Read contents of file into string
Syntax
text = fileread(filename)
Description
text = fileread(filename) returns
the contents of the file filename as a MATLAB string.
Examples
Read and search the file Contents.m in the MATLAB iofun directory
for the reference to fileread:
% find the correct directory and file
io_contents = ...
fullfile(matlabroot, 'toolbox', 'matlab', 'iofun', 'Contents.m');
% read the file
filetext = fileread(io_contents);
% search for the line of code that includes 'fileread'
% each line is separated by a newline ('\n')
expr = '[^\n]*fileread[^\n]*';
fileread_info = regexp(filetext, expr, 'match');
See Also
fgetl | fgets | fread | fscanf | importdata | textscan | type
 | fileparts | | filesep |  |
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