MATLAB: Storing while loop values in a vector?? Error

Question

fid = fopen('example.txt');

sample=[]; %empty matrix count=1;

tline=fgetl(fid); while ischar(tline) disp(tline) sample(count)=tline; count=count+1; tline=fgetl(fid); end

fclose(fid);

I am trying to run this while loop and save each value consecutively in the vector "sample". "sample" should end with one column and an unknown amount of rows of strings.

I am getting the error 'Subscripted assignment dimension mismatch.' Is it because I'm starting with an empty vector?? Is it because each row is a string?? Please help.

Answer 1

It might be easier here to use a cell array as such

fid = fopen('example.txt');
sample={}; %empty matrix count=1;
j = 1
tline=fgetl(fid);
while ischar(tline)
    disp(tline);
    sample{j} = tline
    tline=fgetl(fid);
    j = j+1 
end
fclose(fid);