Hi,
To concatenate variables within .mat files that share the same filename across different directories, consider utilizing a data structure to organize the file names and their associated variables. This approach bypasses the need for sorting file paths, allowing direct access to the necessary variables for concatenation.
Here is how this can be implemented:
% Initialize an empty struct to hold the file paths and their corresponding variables
filePathsAndVariables = struct();
% Loop through the cell array
for i = 1:length(X)
% Load the .mat file
matFile = load(X{i});
% Get the names of the variables in the .mat file
variableNames = fieldnames(matFile);
% Loop through the variables
for j = 1:length(variableNames)
% Get the name of the variable
variableName = variableNames{j};
% Extract the filename from the file path
[~, filename, ~] = fileparts(X{i});
% Create a key for the filename and variable name
key = [filename, '_', variableName];
% If the key already exists in the filePathsAndVariables struct,
% concatenate the new data to the existing data
if isfield(filePathsAndVariables, key)
filePathsAndVariables.(key) = [filePathsAndVariables.(key); matFile.(variableName)];
% Otherwise, add the new data to the filePathsAndVariables struct
else
filePathsAndVariables.(key) = matFile.(variableName);
end
end
end
I hope this helps!
