How to open .m fiile in editor and move to specific line number?

I'm wondering if there is a command to open a .m file and also locate to specific line?

The effect should be same with Matlab "Compare" to comparing two m files: when clicking the line numbers, the file opened and located to that line.

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

openAndGoToLine()

Input 1 is a string identifying the absolute path to the file.

Input 2 is an integer indicating the line number to go to.

matlab.desktop.editor.openAndGoToLine(file, lineNum); 

Example: Open the fit() function to line 20

matlab.desktop.editor.openAndGoToLine(which('fit.m'), 20); 

[Addendum]

Here's a fancy way of creating a link in the command window that will take you to the file and line number when clicked.

file = 'fit.m'; 
line = 20; 
hotlinkcode = sprintf('Go to <a href="matlab: matlab.desktop.editor.openAndGoToLine(which(''%s''), %d) ">%s line %d</a>', file, line, file, line);
disp(hotlinkcode)