fprintf repetition

Question

Ammar 2011-10-24

Hello,

I have to create a table using fprintf and the first two lines look like this:

Physical Temperature T (F) | 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 -35 -40 -45

The first character in the second line is an absolute value line (not sure what it is really called).

T=[40:-5:-45]

When I try to print the second line, I use

fprintf('| %3d',T)

but that keeps giving me the absolute value sign before every value of T.

How can I keep the absolute value sign from repeating itself?

Thanks

Answer 1

Walter Roberson 2011-10-24

Answer: Don't Do That.

fprintf() the absolute value sign in one operation, and then fprintf() the numbers in a second operation.

Or, repeat the ' %3d' part in the format as many times as you have numbers to print. Such as

fprintf('| %3d %3d %3d %3d %3d\n', T)

if you were printing out 5 numbers across.

Ammar 2011-10-24

Thank you so much. I didn't even realize that I could break the text into different sections. It worked perfectly.