9.1: Learning Objectives

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    By the end of this chapter, you should be able to:

    Learning Objectives
    • Explain why file input/output is important in engineering and data analysis.
    • Read numeric data from a text or data file using load.
    • Write numeric arrays to a text or data file using save with the -ascii option.
    • Append new numeric data to an existing file.
    • Describe the limitations of load and save for file input/output.
    • Open and close files safely using fopen and fclose.
    • Read mixed data using textscan.
    • Read a file one line at a time using fgetl.
    • Write formatted output to a file using fprintf.
    • Read and write spreadsheet data using readcell, writecell, readtable, and writetable.
    • Choose an appropriate file I/O approach for different types of data.

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