# fgetl (Matlab function)

Read line(s) from file, discard newline character

## Matlab/Scilab equivalent

Matlab | Scilab

    fgetl

    mgetl

## Particular cases

Matlab fgetl reads file line per line while Scilab mgetl allows to read the whole file.

Matlab fgetl returns -1 if it could not read a line in file but Scilab mgetl returns an empty string is this case. You can used meof to check if End Of File has been reached.