fprintf: writing text lists to .txt files

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I need some help exporting some text lists in cell arrays to .txt functions. I have a list of names in an n x 1 array, called 'assets'. I would like to export it to a .txt file ('assets.txt'). My code currently states:
fid = fopen('assets.txt', 'w');
for row = 1:length(assets)
fprintf(fid, '%s\n', assets(row));
end
fclose(fid)
I get this error message: "Function is not defined for 'cell' inputs." What am I doing wrong?

Accepted Answer

Grzegorz Knor
Grzegorz Knor on 28 Oct 2011
You have to change round brackets into curly brackets:
assets = {'first','second','third','fourth'};
fid = fopen('assets.txt', 'w');
for row = 1:length(assets)
fprintf(fid, '%s\n', assets{row});
end
fclose(fid);
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William
William on 7 Dec 2011
It took a while for me to get back to this, but: thanks, that did the trick.

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Grzegorz Knor
Grzegorz Knor on 28 Oct 2011
Probably:
fprintf(fid, '%s\n', assets{row});

William
William on 28 Oct 2011
...Ok, let me rephrase. How do I need to phrase my code to write my list to a .txt file?

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