Parametric variable names

Hi

Here's my question: Suppose there is an array called 'var' of size 40*1. I want to write a for loop that divides 'var' into four different arrays, say, 'var1','var2','var3' & 'var4' where each of them will pick 10 values from 'var'. So, I want the loop counter, say i, to be used in the array name,i.e.'var' as var{i}.

I'm trying to use the function 'genvarname' to create the parametric names, but I'm not able to assign values to those names...Here's what I'm trying:

%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% 
% script - newone.m
close
clear all
var = (1:40)';
divsize = 10;
counter = length(var)/divsize;
holdvar = genvarname({'var1','var1','var1','var1'}); % Also I want this step to go parametric....like var1 * ones(counter,1),must generate the number of strings needed. I know the way I've used might be incorrect, but used it just to illustrate the purpose. 
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
output at this stage:
holdvar = 

      'var1'    'var11'    'var12'    'var13'
  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
  for i = 1:counter
      holdvar{i} = var((((i-1)*divsize)+1):(i*divsize));
  end
  holdvar = cell2mat(holdvar);
  %%%%%%%%%%%%
  output:
  holdvar =

       1    11    21    31
       2    12    22    32
       3    13    23    33
       4    14    24    34
       5    15    25    35
       6    16    26    36
       7    17    27    37
       8    18    28    38
       9    19    29    39
      10    20    30    40
  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
  The output I'm looking for is this:
  var1 =

       1
       2
       3
       4
       5
       6
       7
       8
       9
      10

var11 =

      11
      12
      13
      14
      15
      16
      17
      18
      19
      20

var13 =

      21
      22
      23
      24
      25
      26
      27
      28
      29
      30

var14 =

      31
      32
      33
      34
      35
      36
      37
      38
      39
      40
Could you kindly guide me in the right direction. Also any other approach that does the same job is welcome!

Many Thnaks Amar

Answer 1

[Sean de Wolski]

FAQ:4.6

The method you have now is the recommended one!