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load a file into a variable name different than the filename

David Doria — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:23:02 -0400

I have a file myfile.txt that contains

1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9

If I say

load 'myfile.txt'

the result is a variable called myfile that contains the matrix.

I would like to do something like

load 'myfile.txt' mymatrix

which produces a variable called mymatrix instead of myfile.
Is this possible?

The reason is that if I have a loop that goes through a list
of files, I'd like to have other code in the loop that can
just reference mymatrix and not have to update to the
current filename on every iteration.

Please let me know.

Thanks!

David

Re: load a file into a variable name different than the filename

David — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:28:02 -0400

"David Doria" <daviddoria@gmail.com> wrote in message
<fstcvm$k7m$1@fred.mathworks.com>...
> I have a file myfile.txt that contains
>
> 1 2 3
> 4 5 6
> 7 8 9
>
> If I say
>
> load 'myfile.txt'
>
> the result is a variable called myfile that contains the
matrix.
>
> I would like to do something like
>
> load 'myfile.txt' mymatrix
>
> which produces a variable called mymatrix instead of
myfile.
> Is this possible?
>
> The reason is that if I have a loop that goes through a
list
> of files, I'd like to have other code in the loop that
can
> just reference mymatrix and not have to update to the
> current filename on every iteration.
>
> Please let me know.
>
> Thanks!
>
> David

try
mymatrix=load('myfile.txt');

Re: load a file into a variable name different than the filename

David Doria — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:27:01 -0400

works perfect... I always forget about the () notation for
some commands.

Thanks,

Dave