how to use fread function?

i have a text file with the following data:

 (0 0)
 (0 3)
 (3 3)
 (3 0)

i have use the following to read the text file and its work

fid=fopen('Anchor.txt');
line=fgets(fid);
while ischar(line)
disp(line)
line=fgets(fid);

now i want to use fread but it doesnt seen to work. is there an example that someone can share with me to read a text file using fread. thanks end

[EDITED, JSimon, 20-Oct-2011 11:58, code formatted]

[Jan]

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Answer 1

[Jonas Reber]

have a look at the documentation of fread: http://www.mathworks.ch/help/techdoc/ref/fread.html you might be looking for:

A = fread(fid, '*char')'

but why would you want to read a textfile in binary mode (fread)?

have a look at textscan: http://www.mathworks.ch/help/techdoc/ref/textscan.html

[missy QIANHUI]

thank you :)