MATLAB: Load variables with same name with uigetfile and give them a new name automatically

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I have different variables (cells) in my folder, that have the same name when they are loaded into the workspace with "uigetfile(…)". I would like to give each variable automatically a different name (such as var1, var2, var3…for the consecutive variables), when I load them into the workspace. I started like this but I dont get any further. Can someone help me? Thank you 🙂
[FileName,PathName] = uigetfile('*.mat','MultiSelect','on');  
FileName=FileName';
  for i=1:size(FileName,1) 
     var = load([PathName cell2mat(FileName(i))]) 
end
somehow I want to give to "var" a different name in every iteration (such as var1 in the first iteraton, var2 in the second and so on…)

Best Answer

Don't do that!
why? read this: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/304528-tutorial-why-variables-should-not-be-named-dynamically-eval
The better approach to this problem is to use cell array or array of structs. I'd suggest array of structs for this case.
[FileName,PathName] = uigetfile('*.mat','MultiSelect','on');  
for k=1:numel(FileName) 
     var(k).data = load(fullfile(PathName,FileName{k})); 
end
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