Fgetl in a while loop.

In the code in the attached picture, does the first fgetl read the first line (Apple) and str2num(fgetl(file) read the second line (65.1)?

[Stephen23]

You could very easily try it yourself: create that file, and write out that code. Then you would know what it does, you would gain experience with MATLAB, and you would have some working code. The more you try yourself, the more you read the documentation, the more you will learn.

As an aside: do not use str2num, the function str2double is more robust.

[Jan]

fscanf is even smarter than str2double(fgetl).

[Lucas Buckels]

I was provided the code to study from and yes I did test it, but I was still confused as to why it works. I am trying to see if that is why this code works so I know for the future.

[Lucas Buckels]

I am still shaky using fgetl

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

"does the first fgetl read the first line (Apple) and str2num(fgetl(file) read the second line"

Yes.

Question for you: what name is going to be reported if the file is empty?