how to read multiple file from single .mat file

i have 16 different file in "data2-18.mat", like M1,M2,M3,M4.......M16. i want to call every file(i.e., M2 ,M6, M5...) in loop according to variable "A" (in program).

clc;clear all;

load data2-18

A=[2 6 5 8 9];

for i=1:5

data1 = M(A(i));

F1=data1(:,1);

E1=data1(:,2);

Ei1=data1(:,3);

M1=data1(:,4);

Mi1=data1(:,5);

Ereal=complex(E1,Eimg1);

Mreal=complex(M1,Mimg1);

end

[Sun Heat]

thanks in advance....

Answer 1

[Jan]

I assume you use the term "file", but you mean "variable".

Calling load() without catching the output, creates variables dynamically. This has a lot of severe disadvantages. One of the worst is that it impedes debugging, because you cannot know be reading the code, where a variable is coming from. Better:

FileData = load('data2-18.mat');

A = [2 6 5 8 9];
for i = 1:5
  data1 = FileData.(sprintf('M%d', i));
  ...      

Avoid hiding indices in names of variables. Use arrays an indices.

[Sun Heat]

thanks a lot