fprint f help with printing a list

i am trying to make a fprintf line to display like the attatched screenshot below based on the code below

function x = Xsection(type)
    switch type
        case 1          % Benchmark
            x = [  0,  0;...
                 200,  0;...
                 200, 25;...
                  25, 25;...
                  25,200;...
                  0 ,200;...
                  0 ,  0];
    end
end

Answer 1

[Adam Danz]

In Matlab R2021a or later, you can use formattedDisplayText() to convert the matrix to a string. See this community highlight for further demos.

x = randi(20,5,2)

x = 5×2

12 20 12 16 9 6 3 1 9 17

fprintf('%s',formattedDisplayText(x))

    12    20
    12    16
     9     6
     3     1
     9    17

Prior to Matlab R2021a,

fprintf('%s',evalc('disp(x)'))

    12    20
    12    16
     9     6
     3     1
     9    17

[Joseph Catanese]

this didnt work

[Joseph Catanese]

Unrecognized function or variable

'formattedDisplayText'.

Error in

CP3_Properties_of_areas_Catanese

(line 105)

fprintf('%s',formattedDisplayText(x));

>> returned this error

[Adam Danz]

Let me guess, you're using a version of Matlab before R2021a.

[Joseph Catanese]

yes 2020a

[Adam Danz]

I've updated my answer to include a solution that works prior to R2021a.