Re: sprintf to make filenames

[Douglas Eck]

You can also use the functional version of save:

a=rand(1,5);
fname="foo.mat"
save("-ascii",fname,"a");

saves the variable "a" to the file "foo.mat" as ascii.

Cheers,
Doug

f
Jonathan C. Webster wrote:

> Mike Miller wrote:
>
>
> > Hello all--
> >
> > I want to be able to use the usual save command of this form:
> >
> > save -ascii file_0001.dat matrixdata
> >
> > but I'd like for the filename to be determined by a variable in this sort
> > of way:



> That does work.  Here is an example:  "runNo" and "data_to_save"  are
> defined  by your code.
>
>
>
> fnam_t= sprintf("%s.type",runNo);
>
> str = sprintf("save %s  data_to_save",fnam_t);
>
> eval(str);
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL.
>
> Octave's home on the web:  http://www.octave.org
> How to fund new projects:  http://www.octave.org/funding.html
> Subscription information:  http://www.octave.org/archive.html
> -------------------------------------------------------------





-------------------------------------------------------------
Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL.

Octave's home on the web:  http://www.octave.org
How to fund new projects:  http://www.octave.org/funding.html
Subscription information:  http://www.octave.org/archive.html
-------------------------------------------------------------