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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

  

 

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