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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
Tag | Timeout |
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