MATLAB: Error using fprintf. Invalid format

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This is my code for a function that takes two files and combines parts of these files into one new file.
function []=CreateNewMarkersEEGlab(pNumber)
dataFileName=strcat(int2str(pNumber),'_logfile.txt');
fid = fopen(dataFileName);
C = textscan(fid, '%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s%s', 'headerlines', 1);
rScore=C{12}; 
sNumber=C{5};
cNumber=C{6};
subNumber=C{7};
tcode=C{10}; 
fclose(fid);
% compute the new marker
for i=1:156
    if rScore{i}=='1'
        respMarker='corrresp';
    else
        respMarker='incorrresp';
    end
    if tcode{i}=='1'
        corrMarker='corr';
    else 
        corrMarker='incorr';
    end    
        newMarker(i)= strcat('S1_con',cNumber(i),'_sub',subNumber(i),'_',corrMarker,'_',respMarker,'_SNr',sNumber(i));  
end
% read the old marker file
dataFileName=strcat('EEG_Anne_',int2str(pNumber),'.vmrk');
fid = fopen(dataFileName);
headline1=fgets(fid);
headline2=fgets(fid);
headline3=fgets(fid);
headline4=fgets(fid);
headline5=fgets(fid);
headline6=fgets(fid);
headline7=fgets(fid);
headline8=fgets(fid);
headline9=fgets(fid);
headline10=fgets(fid);
headline11=fgets(fid);
headline12=fgets(fid);
headline13=fgets(fid);
C = textscan(fid, '%s%s%d%d%d','Delimiter',',');
Type=C{1};
Position=C{3};
Length=C{4};
Channel=C{5};
fclose(fid);
% rewrite the new marker file
outFileName=strcat('EEG_Anne_',int2str(pNumber),'_new.vmrk');
fid = fopen(outFileName,'w+');
fprintf(fid,headline1);
fprintf(fid,headline2);
fprintf(fid,headline3);
fprintf(fid,headline4);
fprintf(fid,headline5);
fprintf(fid,headline6);
fprintf(fid,headline7);
fprintf(fid,headline8);
fprintf(fid,headline9);
fprintf(fid,headline10);
fprintf(fid,headline11);
fprintf(fid,headline12);
fprintf(fid,headline13);
for i=1:156
    temp=[Type(i),',', newMarker(i),',', num2str(Position(i)),',',num2str(Length(i)),',',Channel(i),'\r\n'];
    fprintf(fid,temp);
end
fclose(fid);
The error code I get refers to the second last line and reads this:
Error using fprintf Invalid format.
Error in CreateNewMarkersEEGlab (line 73) fprintf(fid,temp);
What am I doing wrong? Thanks a lot for your help!

Best Answer

The temp you construct is a cell array, not a string. You cannot pass a cell array as a format.
for i=1:156
  fprintf(fid, '%s,%s,%d,%d,%s\r\n', Type{i}, newMarker{i}, Position(i), Length(i), Channel{i});
end
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