An error using fprintf

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EK
EK on 2 Mar 2020
Edited: Guillaume on 2 Mar 2020
Hello,
I am currently getting an error while trying to save. This is what I currently have
function saveline(filename,line,mode)
fid = fopen(filename,mode);
fprintf(fid,line);
fclose(fid);
end
Then I get
Error using fprintf
Invalid file identifier. Use fopen to generate a valid file identifier.
Error in saveline (line 11)
fprintf(fid,line);
Any suggestions?

Answers (1)

Guillaume
Guillaume on 2 Mar 2020
Edited: Guillaume on 2 Mar 2020
Any suggestions?
Yes, for some reason, fopen failed to open the file. There can be many reasons, the most likely being that the file doesn't exist but other reasons are possible (permission problem, etc.)
You never check that the fopen succeeds which is never a good idea.
[fid, errmsg] = fopen(filename, mode);
if fid < 0
error('Failed to open "%s", the error message was: %s');
end
%...
would at least tell you what the problem is.

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