fopen only returns -1

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Anke Kügler
Anke Kügler on 15 Apr 2016
Answered: Anke Kügler on 16 Apr 2016
Hi,
I'm trying to read some files (wave-files, but I also tried text) with fopen, but it always returns -1, ie. there is an error. It worked fine when selecting a .m-file. What am I forgetting? I use
fopen(uigetfile)
Edit:
It seems to have to do with the uigetfile. When I enter the path directly, it works fine. However, I don't understand, why, since I do select the specific path with uigetfile, don't I?

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 15 Apr 2016
[filename, filepath] = uigetfile();
fullname = fullfile(filepath, filename);
fid = fopen(fullname);
Your version would only have been getting the file without its directory. When you use the single output version of uigetfile, uigetfile does not output the fully-qualified name.

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Anke Kügler
Anke Kügler on 16 Apr 2016
Thank you! I was kinda suspecting something like this, but didn't know how to fix it. Your code works.

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