Re: How to read txt file and output to display

[Uwe Damm]

Am 14.03.19 um 21:30 schrieb sb:
> I have a txt file which includes a help text for a program that I am trying
> to write.
> I want to display its contents to the display (i.e. read from txt file and
> flush its content to the display) when selected from a menu.
> I couldn't find the exact command to do this (if any)?
> Most of the commands refer to reading data with delimiters. I want to read
> from a simple txt file which includes text (any length and any number of
> lines).
> Is this possible?
>
>
>
> --
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fopen and fgetl should do the job (see > help fgetl)


fd=fopen('test.txt','r');

while(-1 != (a=fgetl(fd)))
    disp (a);
end
fclose(fd);