Saving as a .txt file help

I have a script like:

 sample(1,:)='a ';
 sample(2,:)='b ';
 sample(3,:)='c ';
 sample(4,:)='ab';
 sample(5,:)='bc';

 fid=fopen('MyFile.txt','w');
 fprintf(fid,sample);
 fclose(fid);

And when I run the file 'MyFile.txt', it shows in notepad like;

abcab   bc

But I want it to show me like:

    a
    b
    c
    ab
    bc

How can I do that? And one more question. I want to open 'MyFile.txt' automatically when I run the script. What command should I add?

Thanks...

[Kan-Hua]

Can you elaborate your second question a bit more? I thought you've put the command that opens 'MyFile.txt' in your script, isn't it?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

fprintf(fid, '%c%c\n', sample.' );

[Huseyin]

This time it shows me like;

    a  b  c  ab  bc

I don't want it to show me in one row. Answers should have their each row.I mean it should look like 5x1 sized matrix in notepad

Answer 2

[Kan-Hua]

I would suggest you use cell array to store your strings with different lengths unless you have a particular reason to store them using string arrays.

By using the cell array, the code will look like

sample{1}='a ';
sample{2}='b ';
sample{3}='c ';
sample{4}='ab';
sample{5}='bc';
fid=fopen('MyFile.txt','w');
for i=1:length(sample)
    fprintf(fid,'%s\n',sample{i});
end
fclose(fid);

[Huseyin]

It worked but all of the outputs are still appearing one the same row/line

[Kan-Hua]

That's the issue of notepad. If you open 'MyFile.txt' using matlab's built-in editor, it will work fine.

If you insist using notepad, try:

fprintf(fid,'%s\r\n',sample{i});

[Huseyin]

Yes it works excellent now! Thanks!