MATLAB: Skip a load error

skip error

Hi,

I want to load some mat files in my folder according to a certain criteria. Sometimes this file doesn't exist. How can I continue to load the next file with causing the program to stop because of the error? example:

UID=unique(ID);

for i=1:size(UID,1) filename=['Data' num2str(UID(i,1))]; load (filename,'DataFinal')

%%% here I want to manipulate the data end

if load returns an error that such a file doesn't exist , how can I continue the loop without any interruption. Regards

Best Answer

You can use a try (catch) block. For example

x = 5;
try
  load('asdasdasd.mat')   %I can't load this file
catch
  disp('Did not load that last file, but it''s ok.'); 
end
x = x+1;
disp(x)

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