load multiple .txt files and rename them with a for- loop

I have a lot of .txt files that I want to import using a for loop:

txt = dir('*txt');
n =  length(txt); 
for k = 1:n
    load(txt(k).name);
end

but the problem is that the .txt files all have vastly different(and some pretty long) names so when trying to use the variables later it becomes rather tedious to refference every single one of them.

So I wonder if i could somehow load these .txt files and rename them for example like:

Area_1

Area_2

.

.

Area _n

[Stephen23]

"...rename them for example like: Area_1 Area_2 ... Area _n"

That would be about the worst approach:

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/304528-tutorial-why-variables-should-not-be-named-dynamically-eval

It would be much neater, simpler, and more efficient to use indexing.

Answer 1

[Ameer Hamza]

Loading directly into the workspace is not a good coding practice, and so is naming them dynamically (Area_1, Area_2, ..): https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/304528-tutorial-why-variables-should-not-be-named-dynamically-eval. The proper way is to load them in a cell array. For example

txt = dir('*txt');
n =  length(txt); 
Area = cell(1, n);
for k = 1:n
    Area{i} = load(txt(k).name);
end

Then access them using brace indexing

Area{1}; % first file
Area{2}; % second file
..
..

[Óli Bernharðsson]

Thank you

this is a way better approach.