How to load data from a location other than current directory

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!

Answer 1

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

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

[Anthony Barone]

Thanks!

I could have sworn I tried just that before and it didn't work....maybe I misused the apostrophes

[Azzi Abdelmalek]

If you want to assign values to each variable automatically:

filename='C:\users\me\Documents\MATLAB\data\example_data.mat'
str=whos('-file',filename)
str={str.name}
load(filename,str{:})

Answer 2

[PAVANRAJ PRAJJU]

What is the command that is used to call data from a file which is saved in the same directory