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Specify the terminator character
Description
You can configure Terminator to an integer value ranging from 0 to 127, which represents the ASCII code for the character, or you can configure Terminator to the ASCII character. For example, to configure Terminator to a carriage return, you specify the value to be CR or 13. To configure Terminator to a line feed, you specify the value to be LF or 10. You can also set Terminator to CR/LF or LF/CR. If Terminator is CR/LF, the terminator is a carriage return followed by a line feed. If Terminator is LF/CR, the terminator is a line feed followed by a carriage return. Note that there are no integer equivalents for these two values. Additionally, you can set Terminator to a 1-by-2 cell array. The first element of the cell is the read terminator and the second element of the cell array is the write terminator
When performing a write operation using the fprintf function, all occurrences of \n are replaced with the Terminator property value. Note that %s\n is the default format for fprintf. A read operation with fgetl, fgets, or fscanf completes when the Terminator value is read. The terminator is ignored for binary operations.
You can also use the terminator to generate a bytes-available event when the BytesAvailableFcnMode is set to terminator.
Characteristics
| Read only |
Never |
| Data type |
String |
Values
An integer value ranging from 0 to 127, or the equivalent ASCII character. CR/LF and LF/CR are also accepted values. You specify different read and write terminators as a 1-by-2 cell array.
Functions
Properties
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