Define New Variables Based on Pre-existing One

I have a variable and want to create more variables based upon it; however, I'm having a hard time coming up with the syntax for it.

Say I have:

total_channels=5 %%Total channels will probably be between 1 and 6 depending on the image I'm processing

I want to create new variables based on this number, so that I can add pixel information into those variable

I'd like the new variables to be channel_1, channel_2, channel_3 etc.

Any help is greatly appreciated

Answer 1

[Matt J]

Better than what you asked for:

 channel=cell(1,total_channels);

 for i=1:total_channels

   channel{i}=...whatever...

 end

[Matt J]

You could also do If all are the same dimensions, you could also do

for i=total_channels-1:1
  channel(:,:,i)=...whatever...
end