Is it possible to use an argument in order to choose which excel file should be imported

I need to import a database depending on an input argument. If a user chooses 'x' as a parameter being studied, I would like to import the 'x' excel database which contains the information to be analysed. Is this possible?

Answer 1

[Walter Roberson]

which_file = input('Name a database', 's');

[num, txt, raw] = xlsread(which_file);

[Joshua Welsh]

Thank you very much for your help. How would I implement this to open the 203 database using the Bead1 definition. I have databases for all numbers shown e.g. 203.xlsx etc

% Acquired Bead SSC-H Median Values
Bead1 = 203;
Bead2 = 400;
Bead3 = 707;
Bead4 = 1019;
Bead5 = 1587;

[Walter Roberson]

which_file = sprintf('%d.xlsx', Bead1);

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