Name
mgetstr — read a character string
Calling Sequence
str=mgetstr(n [,fd] )
Parameters
- n
a positive scalar: The number of character to read.
- fd
scalar. The fd parameter returned by the
function mopen. -1 stands for last opened file.
Default value is -1.
- str
a character string
Description
mgetstr function allows to read a character string in a binary file.
If EOF is reached before read completion only the properly read values
will be returned.
Examples
// open file descriptor as text with read mode
fd_r = mopen(SCI+'/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS','rt')
// get 100 characters of fd_r
strs_1 = mgetstr(100, fd_r)
// get 200 next characters of fd_r
strs_2 = mgetstr(200, fd_r)
// close file descriptor
mclose(fd_r);
See Also
mclose, meof, mfprintf, fprintfMat, mfscanf, fscanfMat, mget, mgetstr, mopen, mprintf, mput, mputstr, mscanf, mseek, mtell, mdelete