Append matrix?

I'm currently building a cell matrix that is roughly 13x500 by adding a new row each time through a loop:

for i = period_start:1:period_end

... calculate values going into matrix ...

full_data(counter,:) = {counter current_date current_time position pa bp num_shares entry_price price sma t_band goshort l_band golong profit};

counter = counter + 1; end

I am using the counter because period_start does not always start at 1. Is there a way to append my values to the matrix without having to deal with the counter? I would like to build the array by passing the information to a function but I see my code getting very messy by passing counters. If I could send the values to the function and let it append it to the matrix I think I'd be in good shape. I would appreciate any recommendations you could provide.

Thank you

Answer 1

[Jan]

The counter is the best idea, most of all because it allows to pre-allocate the result.