Invalid escape sequence appears in format string. See help sprintf for valid escape sequences

I have the following set of fprintf statements.

 magnaxialA=(Elem(i).Q(1,1)/1000);
 magnshearA=(Elem(i).Q(2,1))/1000;
 magnmomentA=(Elem(i).Q(3,1))/1000;

fprintf('\n\tStart Node\n')

fprintf('\Axial Force %f kN\n',abs(magnaxialA))

fprintf('\Shear Force %f kN\n',abs(magnshearA))

fprintf('\Moment %f kN-m\n',abs(magnmomentA))

But I keep getting the error message Invalid escape sequence appears in format string. See help sprintf for valid escape sequences

Answer 1

[Image Analyst]

Get rid of the first backslash since \A, \S, and \M are invalid.

fprintf('\n\tStart Node\n')
fprintf('Axial Force %f kN\n',abs(magnaxialA))
fprintf('Shear Force %f kN\n',abs(magnshearA))
fprintf('Moment %f kN-m\n',abs(magnmomentA))

[Abhinav Prashant Mohanakrishnan]

Thank you so much for the prompt reply! I intended to put \n before the text actually.