Re: load file

[Dmitri A. Sergatskov]

Geraint Paul Bevan wrote:
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> Guanglei Cui wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | When I use load to open a file, is there a way to use the content of a
> | variable as the filename? For example,
> |
> | a="file.dat";
> | load a; ## will load a file called file.dat
> |
> | Thanks in advance.
> |
> | Guanglei
> |
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> octave:1> file="file.dat";
> octave:2> eval (sprintf ("load %s", file));

That will work, but

octave:2> x = load(file);

looks more straightforward to me.

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> Geraint Bevan

Regards,

Dmitri.



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