how can ı solve this error ? Error using fprintf Invalid file identifier. Use fopen to generate a valid file identifier.

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clear all;clc;
y=[2 3 4 5;5 6 7 8]
fid=fopen('myfile.txt','wt');
fprintf(fid,'%d,%d\n',y);
fclose(fid);

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Jan
Jan on 31 May 2015
Check the success of fopen in every case, under all circumstances, ever, nerver omit this test:
filename = 'myfile.txt';
filepath = cd;
file = fullfile(filepath, filename);
fid = fopen(file, 'wt');
if fid==-1
error('Cannot open file for writing: %s', file);
end
I guess you do not have privileges to write to the current folder.
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Stephen23
Stephen23 on 19 Jun 2017
Edited: Stephen23 on 19 Jun 2017
Even better is to get the very informative message returned by fopen:
[fid,msg] = fopen(file, 'wt');
assert(fid>=3,msg)

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Caio Vaz Rimoli
Caio Vaz Rimoli on 4 Sep 2018
Just brief comment: I also got this error because I ran out HD memory.

Aparna Komarla
Aparna Komarla on 2 Oct 2018
Creating the directory you are storing the files/data in first might help!

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