Writing to a pop up text file
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From: Steven Lord on 8 Jul 2010 14:39 "Image Analyst" <imageanalyst(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message news:i13biu$adv$1(a)fred.mathworks.com... > CyberFrog: > What operating system are you using? If you're using windows, you can > issue this command > > !notepad 'C:\My Folder\mytextFile.txt'; > > Unfortunately it appears that you have to pass the exact name of the file > as a literal string - it does not appear to accept variables like > > !notepad fileName; That is correct -- the bang operator (!) takes EVERYTHING following the ! character on that line and sends it to the system exactly as it appears on the line. To do what you want, use the SYSTEM function. fileName = 'c:\My Folder\mytextFile.txt'; system(['notepad "' filename '"']) Note the use of double-quotes to account for the spaces in fileName. -- Steve Lord slord(a)mathworks.com comp.soft-sys.matlab (CSSM) FAQ: http://matlabwiki.mathworks.com/MATLAB_FAQ To contact Technical Support use the Contact Us link on http://www.mathworks.com
From: CyberFrog on 15 Jul 2010 08:26 "Steven Lord" <slord(a)mathworks.com> wrote in message <i1561u$is4$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... > > "Image Analyst" <imageanalyst(a)mailinator.com> wrote in message > news:i13biu$adv$1(a)fred.mathworks.com... > > CyberFrog: > > What operating system are you using? If you're using windows, you can > > issue this command > > > > !notepad 'C:\My Folder\mytextFile.txt'; > > > > Unfortunately it appears that you have to pass the exact name of the file > > as a literal string - it does not appear to accept variables like > > > > !notepad fileName; > > That is correct -- the bang operator (!) takes EVERYTHING following the ! > character on that line and sends it to the system exactly as it appears on > the line. > > To do what you want, use the SYSTEM function. > > fileName = 'c:\My Folder\mytextFile.txt'; > system(['notepad "' filename '"']) > > Note the use of double-quotes to account for the spaces in fileName. > > -- > Steve Lord > slord(a)mathworks.com > comp.soft-sys.matlab (CSSM) FAQ: http://matlabwiki.mathworks.com/MATLAB_FAQ > To contact Technical Support use the Contact Us link on > http://www.mathworks.com > Thanks for this, do you happen to know how to change the list if file extensions when you try to save the files?
From: Steven Lord on 15 Jul 2010 09:20
"CyberFrog" <domlee55(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:i1muos$rpg$1(a)fred.mathworks.com... > "Steven Lord" <slord(a)mathworks.com> wrote in message > <i1561u$is4$1(a)fred.mathworks.com>... *snip* > Thanks for this, do you happen to know how to change the list if file > extensions when you try to save the files? I don't understand what you mean in the context of the original question. If this is a separate issue, please start a NEW thread for it; if it's related to your original question, please clarify what you're asking and how it fits in with that original question. -- Steve Lord slord(a)mathworks.com comp.soft-sys.matlab (CSSM) FAQ: http://matlabwiki.mathworks.com/MATLAB_FAQ To contact Technical Support use the Contact Us link on http://www.mathworks.com |