Can Matlab harm my SSD/HDD?

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deepak kumar
deepak kumar on 9 Jan 2022
Edited: per isakson on 9 Jan 2022
I have written a code that includes functions that read the same files (.xlsx) several times from SSD every time code is executed. These functions in code run on loop hundreds of times and read the SAME files every time and use some data.
So, I want to know how Matlab handles read/write operations? Are files once read stored in RAM for further use? or Matlab reads them again and again? could these continuous read operations on the same location by Matlab harm my SSD?
If yes, then what is the workaround?

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 9 Jan 2022
Edited: per isakson on 9 Jan 2022
MATLAB makes no attempt itself to buffer files. It leaves that up to the operating system. The operating system system in turn is responsible taking into account demands on memory, and requests from processes to write the file.
I suggest that you read once and pass the content to the function

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