I need to import a database depending on an input argument.

If a user chooses 'x' as a parameter being studied, I would like to import the number 'x' is equal to as an excel database which contains the information to be analysed. Is this possible?

In example

How would I implement this to open the 203 database using the Bead1 definition. I have databases for all numbers shown e.g. 203.xlsx etc

% Acquired Bead SSC-H Median Values 
Bead1 = 203; 
Bead2 = 400; 
Bead3 = 707; 
Bead4 = 1019; 
Bead5 = 1587;

[Walter Roberson]

Should be merged into original question http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/301980-is-it-possible-to-use-an-argument-in-order-to-choose-which-excel-file-should-be-imported

Answer 1

[KSSV]

Wit the given input value (Bead1), you make a filename and read it using xlsread.

Bead1 = 203 ;
filename = strcat(num2str(Bead1),'.xlsx') ; % this makes filename with extension .xlsx 
data = xlread(filename) ;                   % read the file