stringmatlab-load

MATLAB - load file whose filename is stored in a string

I am using MATLAB to process data from files. I am writing a program that takes input from the user and then locates the particular files in the directory graphing them. Files are named:

{name}U{rate}

{name} is a string representing the name of the computer. {rate} is a number. Here is my code:

%# get user to input name and rate
NET_NAME = input('Enter the NET_NAME of the files: ', 's');
rate = input('Enter the rate of the files: ');

U = strcat(NET_NAME, 'U', rate)
load U;

Ux = U(:,1);
Uy = U(:,2);

There are currently two problems:

  1. When I do the strcat with say 'hello', 'U', and rate is 50, U will store 'helloU2' - how can I get strcat to append {rate} properly?

  2. The load line - how do I dereference U so load tries to load the string stored in U?

Many thanks!

Solution

  • Mikhail's comment above solves your immediate problem.

    A more user-friendly way of selecting a file:

    [fileName,filePath] = uigetfile('*', 'Select data file', '.');
if filePath==0, error('None selected!'); end
U = load( fullfile(filePath,fileName) );