Invalid File Identifer - Help

My code:

subject_number = input('Subject Number?'); %will prompt for subject number in the command window
filename = ['IntrinsicAttention' num2str(subject_number) '.txt']; %creating the text file name with subject number
fid = fopen(filename, 'w'); %append instead overwrite
fprintf(fid, 'q1col, q2col, q3col, q4col, q1tri, q2tri, q3tri, q4tri,tarmatch, RT') %top header, specifying the variables the columns represent
fprintf(fid, '\n')

This code is supposed to create a text file. When I run it though I get an error "Invalid file identifier. Use fopen to generate a valid file identifier." I think it means it cannot create a directory. Looking at other answers, I tried changing the 'w' value, to 'wt' and 'a+' but that didn't seem to help.

Does anyone have any idea how to fix this?

Thanks, Brett

[Brett]

Directory problem. Fixed!

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

What is the value of fid?

I'll assume it's negative and you can likely find the explanation in:

doc fopen

I.e. try calling:

[fid,msg] = fopen(blah,'w');

[Brett]

It is -1... whatever that means... :P

[Sean de Wolski]

What did the message say? I would guess one of two things:

1. You don't have write permissions in that directory.
2. The file is open by another program (or even by another fid) and thus is locked for writing/editing.