MATLAB: Load function,getting started

.dat format file

Hello every body and thanks for your help in advance. i am trying to learn Matlab step by step by reading it's help file. there i read about 'load' function.the problem is i dont know how to save file in .dat form.i searched for it and found sth,but it didn't work. can any body help me please?

Best Answer

Look at this example
% How to write a .dat file
A=[1 2 3;4 5 6]
fid=fopen('file1.dat','w')
fwrite(fid, A)
fclose(fid)
% How to read a dat file
fid=fopen('file1.dat','r')
B=fread(fid,[2,3])
fclose(fid)