set variable to data that is loaded

Hello all,

Hopefully a very easy question. I am loading a file named matfile.mat that's value is double. I want to set my variable as the data that is loading, but when I put "x=load(matfile)" it returns "x=matfile: [1001x14 double]". I know I can type in x.matfile to access the data manually, but I run into issues when figuring out how to do this for my function. Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

[Daniel Shub]

x = load('matfile.mat');
temp = fieldnames(x);
x = x.(temp{1});

[Kevin]

Fieldnames!!! Just what I needed thanks so much.

[Kevin]

Ah, also the {} are needed too.

[Daniel Shub]

The {} make/index CELL arrays. They are like [], but have some advantages (and disadvantages).

Answer 2

[Grzegorz Knor]

If you are sure that you load only one matrix:

fName = fieldnames(x);
eval(['x = x.' fName{1} ';'])

Another possibility:

x = cell2mat(struct2cell(x))

[Daniel Shub]

You can eliminate the eval with dynamic field names.

[Kevin]

Thanks too Grzegorz!