Importing multiple non numeric .txt files and assigning file name as variable

Hi Folks,

I am trying to import multiple non numeric .txt files and assign each file name as variable. Here is some code but it is not working properly. Ie, it creates a 8 1*1 struct array containing the name, date bytes etc but not the actual numerical data. I suspect the last line is not correct...

files = dir('C:\Test\');

for i=3:size(files, 1)

    DELIMITER = ',';
    HEADERLINES = 1; 
    a = importdata(files(i).name, DELIMITER, HEADERLINES  );

end

Any ideas? B

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

Assign to a{i-2} instead of to "a". What you have now will drop all but the last file's data.

http://matlab.wikia.com/wiki/FAQ#How_can_I_create_variables_A1.2C_A2.2C....2CA10_in_a_loop.3F