MATLAB: Function capability in Matlab

function

Dear all,
I have 30 source data in my matlab folder, data1.dat,data2.dat..data30.dat.. I have the exact code for each one of these source code. I thought to create one function for all then when running it from the command to specify which data source i want to run !! I did
 function work ('filename')
                   mywork = importdata (filename)% before it was data1.dat..
but its not correct, how can I achieve this?

Best Answer

The argument list to the function should be the variable names themselves and not a string (within quotes) of the variable name. So in your case, the code should be:
function work (filename)
   mywork = importdata (filename)
And, while calling the function, the argument should be a string. That is,
work('data1.dat')
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