How to print greek letters like 'µ' in fprintf to file handle?

Hello,

I am using MATLAB R2018b and want to print greek letters like 'µ' to a text/ini file from matlab using fprintf.

I have read couple of old threads which say it is not possible in earlier releases.

MATLAB 2018b returns true for

 isletter('µ')

I am just trying out simple string like

fprintf(fhandle,'16.0µm');

It prints out 16.0xB5m in the file. I have already tried out escape characters like

fprintf(fhandle,'16.0 \mu m \n');
fprintf(fhandle,'16.0 \\mu m \n');
fprintf(fhandle,'16.0 \xB5 m \n');

However, none of these seem to work.

Is there any idea of how to solve this issue or a workaround for the problem?

Is the issue addressed in future releases of MATLAB ?

Answer 1

[Stephan]

fileID = fopen('testFile.txt','w')
fprintf(fileID,['16.0', char(181), 'm']);
fclose(fileID)

Answer 2

[Aayush Singla]

Edit:

fprintf(fhandle,'16.0µm'); works too but the changes are visible only after the file handle is closed.

If the file handle is still open, xB5 is visible.

Thanks for the workaround too.