Opening htm at internal bookmark

I like to open a htm file at a specific bookmark from an m-file. The file is test.htm with internal bookmarks like #Help35. The command

open('test.htm')

is working and opens den Matlab Browser. The command

open('test.htm#Help35')

causes am error message 'file .. not found'. How can I open the htm-file directly at the specified internal bookmark?

Answer 1

[Sameer]

Hi @berfri

The command open('test.htm#Help35') does not work in MATLAB, because open searches for a file with the exact name, including the #Help35 fragment, which does not exist.

To open an HTML file at a specific bookmark, the "web" function can be used with a properly constructed file URL.

https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/web.html

Here's how you can do it:

filename = fullfile(pwd, 'test.htm');
url = ['file:///' strrep(filename, '\', '/') '#Help35'];
web(url); 

Hope this helps!