MATLAB: How to load data from a location other than current directory

loading dataMATLAB

I would like to be able to load a .mat file from an arbitrary location that is not my currently selected folder.
Example: data is stored in C:\users\me\Documents\MATLAB\data\example_data.mat
current selected folder (where script is running) is C:\users\me\Documents\MATLAB\projects\project1\example_code.m
What code could I use to load example_data.mat in a some script (example_code.m) running from any arbitrary folder in MATLAB?
Thanks!

Best Answer

data=load('C:\users\me\Documents\MATLAB\data\example_data.mat')
data is a struct variable, for example:
data= 
  a: [1 2 3]
  b: [2 3 4]
  c: [3 4 5]
The you can access all your variables
a=data.a
b=data.b
c=data.c
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