xlsread from different folders

I have 4 folders in the same directory where each folder contains ~19 .xls files. I have written the code below to obtain the name of each of the folders and the name of each .xls file within the folders.

    path='E:\Practice'; 
    folder = path; 
    dirListing = dir(folder); 
    dirListing=dirListing(3:end);%first 2 are just pointers

    for i=1:length(dirListing);
        f{i} = fullfile(path, dirListing(i,1).name);%obtain the name of each folder
        files{i}=dir(fullfile(f{i},'*.xls'));%find the .xls files
        for j=1:length(files{1,i});
            File_Name{1,i}{j,1}=files{1,i}(j,1).name;%find the name of each .xls file
        end
    end

Now I'm trying to import the data from excel into matlab by using xlsread. What I'm struggling with is knowing how to load the data into matlab within a loop where the excel files are in different directories (different folders).

This leaves me with a 1x4 cell named File_Name where each cell refers to a different folder located under 'path', and within each cell is then the name of the spreadsheets wanting to be imported. The size of the cells vary as the number of spreadsheets in each folder varies.

Any ideas?

thanks in advance

Answer 1

[Robert Cumming]

this is the same problem as your previous question

Stick to one question for the problem.

[ricco]

Wow i'm sorry if I confused you with 2 questions, I admit 2 is a lot.

[Robert Cumming]

i'm not confused - the question appears to be the same as your other one.