Simple For Loop Problem

Hey guysss,

I have a relatively simple problem related to For Loops. Let us say I have this bit of code:

[TPV1.Sig, TPV1.Str] = xlsread('CHAMBER TEST TEMP 4 5 6.xlsx',3);

TPV1.Num = datenum(TPV1.Str);

TPV1.Vec = datevec(TPV1.Num);

The thing is, I have about 10-15 signals that I have to process. Rather than spend a lot of time copying/pasting the code 15 times, I want to write a simple for loop that runs this function over and over again, but stores into different variables. For example:

1st Iteration: Returns: TPV1.Sig, TPV1.Str, TPV1.Num, TPV1.Vec

2nd Iteration Returns: TPV2.Sig, TPV2.Str, TPV2.Num, TPV2.Vec

etc etc

I was thinking setting up the for loop to be like:

for N = 1:15,

       [TPV*N*.Sig, TPV*N*.Str] = xlsread('CHAMBER TEST TEMP 4 5      6.xlsx',3); 

       TPV*N*.Num = datenum(TPV*N*.Str);

       TPV*N*.Vec = datevec(TPV*N*.Num);

The following code is obviously wrong...and I am not sure if I can successfully do this. Any thoughts, anyone??

Answer 1

[the cyclist]

The second example in the accepted answer to this question

http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/143-how-do-i-make-a-series-of-variables-a1-a2-a3-a10

(cell arrays) should allow you to do what you want.