MATLAB: Load a file by using a string in which the filename is stored

string load files filenames

I use these commands to create string with all names of the files that have a mat extension.

files = dir('*mat'); filenames = {files.name};

Now I want to load one of these files by just using a number

load(filenames(1)) or load filenames(1) or load('filenames(1)')

But none of these commands work. Any ideas?

Hi Rudy -

'filename(1)' is a 1x1 cell in your case. In order to access the content of the cell, you would use curly brackets.

      >> load(filename{1})

Cheers, Açmae

you can determine your current directory with pwd.

so to load the file it'll go something like this

 myfile = 'mymatfile.mat';
 [parentdir,~,~]=fileparts(pwd);
 load(fullfile(parentdir,myfile))

[prefix, number1, number2, number3, number4] = sscanf(TheFilename, '%[^_]_%f_%f_%f_%f');