How can I read text file in MATLAB? (files include text)

Greetings.

Actually, I want to read text file. but, when I write like

fopen('pathway\[AM] Ch1 (28-Jun-2017 16-53-20).txt')

this, ans(file ID) is -1.

So I go to folder where txt file located directly, but It cannot run function because function in the MATLAB folder(My Documents).

How can I read text file without folder movement?

Answer 1

[Astik Sachan]

1. Add Folder where your ".txt" file is to path of matlab.
2. Or you can use absolute path to the text file to read it.

[Walter Roberson]

You can use fullfile() to help construct absolute paths.