MATLAB: How to use dlmread with a txt file not in Matlab directory

.txt filesdlmreadread datatxt

Hi,

I'm using this piece of code to read from a .txt file but it can only read files that are in the directory of the script… How can i read a file located in another directory? i don't want to use the import wizard since the data in .txt file is always the same and with the same length… Also i want to build a standalone app so i want it to be as simple as i could be.

[filename2, pathname2] = uigetfile( ...
{'*.txt;',  'All Files (*.*)'}, ...
   'Select the file');
handles.filename = filename2;
handles.pathname = pathname2;
x_i=dlmread(filename2, '\t',[1 0 39 0]);
fi=dlmread(filename2, '\t',[1 1 39 1]);
fi_theta=dlmread(filename2, '\t',[1 2 90 2]);
Lmean=dlmread(filename2, '\t',[1 3 1 3]);

Thanks

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x_i=dlmread(fullfile(pathname2,filename2), '\t',[1 0 39 0]);

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