Question about load .mat files

I have a group of .mat files, which have continuous number of name, i.e. from W_star_1.mat to W_star_300.mat. Could I write a code using "for i=1:300" loop to load all of them instead of loading them one by one? Thank you very much.

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

If you are certain that there is no overlap in variables in all those files, then you can use

for i = 1:300
    load(['W_star_',num2str(i),'.mat'])
end

but if some of the variables overlap, you'll need to load them into separate structures, to ensure that later loads don't overwrite earlier ones.

for i = 1:300
    S{i} = load(['W_star_',num2str(i),'.mat'])
end

Then you'll need to extract the variables from the structures.

Answer 2

[mohammad]

First you can save them when all of them are on the workspace

save(['name', '.mat']);

then use

load(['name', '.mat']);