How to iterate and import nested data in a h5 file

I'm trying to write a piece of code which will import several vectors that contain numbers from a hdf5 file and then create an array of the vectors.

The difference between the path of each vector in the h5 file is one number in the path

example: /case1/... /case2/.... /case3... and so on.

At the moment the process is quite laborous and I'd like to possibly use something like a 'for' loop to import each vector and store them in an array:

Example:

arrayname = (vector1, vector2, vector3, vector4);

This is how I read one vector within the file:

So I would specify the directory of the file then the path of each vector,

vector1 = h5read('C:\Users\...', '/example/example/case1');

I was thinking of using something like this:

number_of_cases = 20;
number_of_time_steps = 3000; % This is the length of the vectors 

m = zeros(number_of_cases,number_of_time_steps); % Populating an array 'm' with zeros to the exact size it will be when the numbers are imported into it


for i = 1:number_of_cases
    m(i:) = h5read('C:\Users\....', '/path/case(i)');
end

I'm not quite sure what I need to do? Is it possible to iterate when the 'i' variable is contained in the path? The 'for' loop probably needs some work also.

Any help much appreciated!

Answer 1

[Dallan Friel]

I got it to work using this!

t =[]; 

for i = 1:22% there are 22 vector
   j =  int2str(i); 
   p = '/Response_Spec_Workflow_Main/Response_Spec_Workflow_Main_';  % This is the preceding part of the path that comes before the number I wish to iterate over.
   k = '/FPV_Tri_Float_BM_10x/Initial/Dynamic/Floater_2/segment_1/node_4/Displacement in x - direction'; % Proceeding portion of path the path that comes after the number 
   s = strcat(p,j,k);  % 
   r = h5read('C:\Users\..',s);  % the file directory and s contains the path 
   t =[t,r,];
end

Because the number I wish to change for every iteration is in the middle of the path I have converted the number to a string then concatenated the first part of the path (string), then the number, then part which comes after (string),