How to import multiple txt files in different folders into workspace at one time?

Hi, I have multiple txt files stored in several folders and the groups of txt files in the same folder has a similar pattern of file names. All the txt files need to be read starting from the 3rd row. How can I import all the txt files from the different folders at one time into MATLAB workspace and then assign them with different names in the workspace?

Many thanks,

a sincerely user

[Stephen23]

Do not create or use variable names dynamically like this. Use a cell array or structure instead:

http://blogs.mathworks.com/videos/2010/03/08/top-10-matlab-code-practices-that-make-me-cry/

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/143-how-do-i-make-a-series-of-variables-a1-a2-a3-a10

Answer 1

[Mohammad Abouali]

have you tried "textread" command? It has a headerline parameter that tells how many line to ignore. You need to call that function for each file though.

[anone]

Thanks, that is right but my main issue to import multiple txt files from different folders into workspace at one time, any suggestion for this?

Also, once they are imported into workspace, how can I assign them with different names in a quick way, the original file names are the ideal names.

Thanks.

[Mohammad Abouali]

I wouldn't name them differently. but you can use cell arrays something like this:

for i=1:nFiles
  [A,B,C,...]=textread(....);
  myData.A{i}=A;
  myData.B{i}=B;
  myData.C{i}=C;
end

Then you can access the values from different file easily or later you can combine them together.