Import multiple text files into matlab

When i run the file it opens a file browser window. I select the files that I want to open. It save those file names in files. But it does not work. But if i type the filename into the importdata function then it works. Doug Eastman on 7 Feb I would mention that you need to be a little careful because if you only select one file from the dialog it is not a cell array, the filename is stored directly as a string in files.

However if this was the problem you were facing I would expect the following error message:. Cell contents reference from a non-cell array object. So there must be something else going on. Another question that would cause this problem - do you change directories in the file selection gui? I've inserted two changes in the code.

Please try it again. More Answers 1. Vote 1. To be more robust to directory changes or single file selections, you might want to use something like the following:.

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Featured on Meta. New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually. Related This code will load in all of the files in the directory assuming they are.

Other functions that might be more suitable for your application include "importdata, "textscan", "dlmread" and "readtable". One more way of importing multiple files is using "Import Tool". The following documentation page provides steps required to generate the function and call the same using a MATLAB script.

The example showed it works perfectly, but if I want to inside this loop do some manipulations with these new variables. How I can do it? Here is my example:. Stephen on 17 Feb Note that this code is unnecessarily complex because it relies on eval to indirectly call load using command syntax.

Unfortunately MathWorks Support Team does not know how to use simpler function syntax :. More Answers 2. Muthu Ram Prabhu Elenchezhian on 22 Sep Vote 1. Hi, How do u eliminate the headers in. Kevin Gleason on 27 Sep Hello Muthu,. Perhaps you could use "dlmread". Drewsky3 on 26 Sep Hi, could you use the same method for importing multiple excel files?

The eval ['load.