I have a 19x256x256 STM image in an array form that I need to transform

I want to take my 19x256x256 array and write into 256 separate matrices, which I think can be done using reshape. I also want to write each matrix automatically into a new "layer" i.e. plane1=A(:,:,1), plane2=A(:,:,2),....,plane256=A(:,:,256). Is there a way of doing this with some sort of looping so that each new variable is stored automatically?

[the cyclist]

It is almost always a terrible idea to a series of variables with V1, V2, ... V256. There is a detailed list of why it is a bad idea in this answer.

What are you trying to do, that makes you think that referencing plane256 is better than referencing A(:,:,256)? There is almost certainly a better way.

[Coentropy]

Thank you for your response. I don't think plane256 is better than A(:,:,256); for me it was just more intuitive for what I was thinking in regards to the data initially.

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

Using a cell array, with one element for each matrix, would be a much more sane way to do something like what you are asking for

N = 256;
A_cell = cell(N,1);
for nc = 1:N
    A_cell{nc} = A(:,:,nc);
end

Then you can reference A_cell{137} in the same way you want to reference the variable plane137. But it is not clearly better to me that simply referencing A(:,:,137).

[Coentropy]

Thank you for your response, this is exactly what I was looking for.