Convert string to 256 Characters

How to create the Matlab source text which will be equivalent to this Fortran text? The character variable must be 256 characterts long

Character*256 TEXT

TEXT = 'Unformatted Data Version='

Print*, TEXT

END

Thanks!

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

TEXT = sprintf('%256s', 'Unformatted Data Version=');

fprintf(FILEID, "%s\n", TEXT)

Answer 2

[Ronit]

Hi @Jaden Hoechstetter

In MATLAB, you can convert a string to a fixed length by padding it with spaces or truncating it to ensure it is exactly 256 characters long by using the "pad" function.

text = 'Unformatted Data Version=';
textUpdated = pad(text, 256);
disp(textUpdated);

Unformatted Data Version=                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Here is the documentation link for "pad" function:

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/string.pad.html

I hope it helps your query!