How can I increase the speed of this loop?

This loop takes a long time to finish. Is there anyway I can increase the speed? Thanks

for n=0:5039
name = sprintf('%d/conformability.txt', n)
fid = fopen(name) ;
data = textscan(fid,'%f32','HeaderLines',1) ;
data = cell2mat(data)
n = length(data)
data = reshape(data,[10,n/10])
data = transpose(data)
fclose(fid);
comformability(:,n)=data(:,2)
data = []
end

Answer 1

[Jeremy Hughes]

It's hard to say without looking at the contents of the file's you're reading.

You're overriding n in the for loop with n as the length of the data. Is that a typo?

% With some assumption about the file you're reading...

fmt = repmat({'%*f32'},1,10);
fmt{2} = '%f32';
fmt = [fmt{:}];

for K=0:5039
    name = sprintf('%d/conformability.txt', K);
    
    fid = fopen(name);
    data = textscan(fid,fmt,'HeaderLines',1);
    fclose(fid);

    comformability(:,K+1)=data{1}; % if K == 0 this would error.
end

[Ash Ahamed]

Thanks! I wll try this out. n was a typo.

[Jeremy Hughes]

I also made a typo... My "n" in the sprintf line should be "K"

[Ash Ahamed]

Saw that! haha thanks and it worked!!