formattedDisplayText

Capture display output as string.

Syntax

• str = formattedDisplayText(V)
• str = formattedDisplayText(V, Name, Value)

Input argument

• V - Variable to return as string
• Name, Value - Name-Value Pair Arguments, Name: 'NumericFormat' or 'LineSpacing'.

Output argument

• str - a string

Description

str = formattedDisplayText(V) returns the display output of V as a string.

The string contains equivalent to disp(V).

Example

R = eye(3, 3)
str = formattedDisplayText(R)
R = rand(3, 3);
disp(R)
str = formattedDisplayText(R)
str = formattedDisplayText(R, 'NumericFormat', 'bank', 'LineSpacing', 'compact')

See also

display, disp, format.

History

Author

Allan CORNET