Filename can include a file extension and a full or partial path.
Load mat file and change variable names.
What i am asking is how can i use the name of the mat file here lrww in the rest of the commands without having to write it manually.
If you do not specify filename the load function searches for a file named matlab mat.
This method follows the general rule of thumb to avoid poofing variables into the workspace.
All of these mat files has a variable name calories assigned a value.
If filename has no extension that is no text after a period load looks for a file named filename mat if filename has an extension other than mat the load function treats.
Now i want to save values of mydata in mat file but i want to save the value under a variable name given via input function.
Jan on 8 mar 2015 hello i have several matlab files 1 mat 2 mat 3 mat 25 mat and each file contains a 24x4 matrix named a.
The load option with output argument then your variables become fields of that struct which allows you to rename them renaming variables themselves is not a fun task.
A similar problem occurs if i load a file but for any reason have no possibility to read out the name of the variable stored in it.
You can then save the struct back out to the mat file with the struct flag.
Is there any other better way to do this than.
How do i load all of these mat files simultaneously in matlab and change the variables for each one from calories to calories fruit name so that i can have all the variable values in the workspace to play with.
True to append the mat extension to the end of the given filename if not already present.
Load a file and change the variable name in a for loop.
Thanks for your answer but that is not what i was looking for.
T load.
Say that i have a mat file that contains a variable and i need to load this variable and give it a different name.
Name of file specified as a character vector or string scalar.
Can also pass open file like object.
Name of the mat file do not need mat extension if appendmat true.
Follow 65 views last 30 days luke rrr on 8 mar 2015.
Now you want to load that variable but with the name t.
This saves my data in data mat file but with variable name mydata.
If you load the mat file into a struct i e.
It would be cool to have a possibility to automatically determin the variable name or just to asign it to another given variable.