Use parametric Name generator to adress existing cell arrays

Hello,

I generated 36 cell arrays as I need to evaluate a lot of files for my masters thesis. The files are named myself and conain infos about temperature, material etc.

So build a name-generator for me to store the values in the right cell array.

My question is, how can I use a name I created as a pathname?

SED_B_S235_M20  = cell(1,4), 'VariableNames', {'Filename','FORCE_Stress','ZERO_Stress','NumberOfCycles'};
% and so on.. so the parts are:

AssMeth='SED';
Geo='B';
Steel='S235';
Temp='M20';
%of course there are much more; just shortened for it to work

TableName= sprintf('%s_%s_%s_%s', AssMeth,Geo,Steel,Temp)

TableName = 'SED_B_S235_M20' is the right output and I have a Cell array called exactly the same. How do write e.g. 1234 into the first row and the first coloum of the cell array using "TableName".

Using TableName(1,1)=1234 obiously does not work and I don't know what command I need to look for.

Thank very much in advance!

Answer 1

[Jeff Miller]

One almost-convenient way to do this is to put all of your cell arrays within a structure, call it 'a'.

So, for example, create your first cell array within this structure like this:

a.SED_B_S235_M20  = cell(1,4), 'VariableNames', {'Filename','FORCE_Stress','ZERO_Stress','NumberOfCycles'};
% and so on..

Now you can refer to that component of the structure by putting the string in parentheses, something like this:

TableName= sprintf('%s_%s_%s_%s', AssMeth,Geo,Steel,Temp);
a.(TableName)(1,1) = 1234;  % Should this be {1,1} with curly brackets since it is a cell?

[Robert Scheffer]

Worked perfectly for me! Thanks a lot!