.. highlightlang:: us

.. _fclose:

fclose
======

.. index:: fclose

.. us.tag  fclose ENGLISH ffiles

:ref:`fclose` closes a file.

.. function::  bool = fclose(fh)

.. us.return

**Return Value**

If the function succeeds, the return value is TRUE (1);
otherwise it is FALSE (0).

.. us.params

**Parameters**

.. uparam:: fh

   *fh* is a file handle created by calling the :ref:`fopen`
   function.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   fh = fopen("/test.txt", "w");
   a = rand(10,10);
   fprintf(fh, "%10.2f\r\n", a);
   fclose(fh);
   EdCreate("/test.txt");

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-binary-and-text-files`,
   :ref:`fopen`,
   :ref:`fshow`

:sub:`id-324305`