creating variables with a for loop

I have a table of data, in the first column there are a bunch of names. Trying to make a for loop that pulls the name from the table and create variables named after the names pulled from the table.

[Walter Roberson]

Why?

[Walter Roberson]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1443199-i-want-to-save-and-name-a-matrix-each-loop-iteration#answer_776944

Answer 1

[Steven Lord]

Can you define variables with numbered names like X1, X2, X3, ... or whose names are given by a list of strings? Yes.

Should you do this? Generally we recommend against it.