Passing a .txt file as a function parameter

I already have several .txt files in my working directory that I would like to search in order to obtain certain information included in them.

My question is:

Can I create a function in which I can pass these .txt files as parameters (and handle the data collection within this function)? And if so, given that the .txt files are in the working directory, how can I appropriately pass them to this function?

Thanks, Arielle

Answer 1

[Cedric]

You should pass file names to the function and/or a base path.

 filenames = {'a.txt', 'b.txt'} ;           % Cell array of file names.
 results = myFunction(filenames) ;

with myFunction.m as follows :

 function results = myFunction(filenames)
    for k = 1 : length(filenames)
         name = filenames{k} ;
         % .. do something, e.g. FOPEN + read, CSVREAD, DLMREAD
         %   and define results.
    end
 end

[Arielle]

Perfect. Thank you.